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. 2018 Sep-Oct;11(5):1198-1200.
doi: 10.1016/j.brs.2018.06.009. Epub 2018 Jun 30.

Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) for improving oromotor function in newborns

Bashar W Badran  1 , Dorothea D Jenkins  2 , William H DeVries  3 , Morgan Dancy  3 , Philipp M Summers  3 , Georgia M Mappin  3 , Henry Bernstein  4 , Marom Bikson  4 , Patricia Coker-Bolt  5 , Mark S George  6
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Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) for improving oromotor function in newborns

Bashar W Badran et al. Brain Stimul. 2018 Sep-Oct.
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Conflict of interest statement

8. Conflicts of interest

The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) has filed a provisional patent, in the name of some of the authors (BWB, DDJ, MSG, WHD, PMS, MD), for an automated system for delivering the taVNS described in this letter. We further confirm the order of authors listed in this manuscript has been approved by all of us and that the work described in this manuscript is not currently under consideration for publication in another journal.

Figures

Fig. 1.
Fig. 1.. TaVNS electrode positioning on left tragus, and equipment setup.
A computerized script (1) is used to communicate with a constant current stimulator (2). Stimulator delivers taVNS via custom ear electrodes (3) attached to the left ear of the neonate.
See this image and copyright information in PMC

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