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Home / Publications / Pain Research Forum / Papers of the Week / An assessor-blinded, randomized comparative trial of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) combined with cranial electroacupuncture vs. citalopram for depression with chronic pain.

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2022


Front Psychiatry


http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35990057?dopt=Abstract


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An assessor-blinded, randomized comparative trial of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) combined with cranial electroacupuncture vs. citalopram for depression with chronic pain.

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An assessor-blinded, randomized comparative trial of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) combined with cranial electroacupuncture vs. citalopram for depression with chronic pain.
Li S, Zhang Z, Jiao Y, Jin G, Wu Y, Xu F, Zhao Y, Jia H, Qin Z, Zhang Z J, Rong P
Front Psychiatry. 2022; 13:902450.
PMID: 35990057.

Abstract

Depression accompanying chronic pain (CP) is one of the most common comorbid psychiatric disorders. This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) combined with electroacupuncture at Baihui (GV20) and Yintang (GV29) acupoints compared with citalopram.
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