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Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation Modulates Default Mode Network in Major Depressive Disorder

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Fang, Jiliang, Rong, Peijing, Hong, Yang, Fan, Yangyang, Liu, Jun, Wang, Honghong, Zhang, Guolei, Chen, Xiaoyan, Shi, Shan, Wang, Liping, Liu, Rupeng, Hwang, Jiwon, Li, Zhengjie, Tao, Jing, Wang, Yang, Zhu, Bing, Kong, Jian·2016·Biological Psychiatry

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BACKGROUND: Depression is the most common form of mental disorder in community and health care settings and current treatments are far from satisfactory. Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) is a Food and Drug Administration approved somatic treatment for treatment-resistant depression. However, the involvement of surgery has limited VNS only to patients who have failed to respond to multiple treatment options. Transcutaneous VNS (tVNS) is a relatively new, noninvasive VNS method based on the rationale that there is afferent/efferent vagus nerve distribution on the surface of the ear. The safe and low-cost characteristics of tVNS have the potential to significantly expand the clinical application of VNS. METHODS: In this study, we investigated how tVNS can modulate the default mode network (DMN) functional connectivity (FC) in mild or moderate major depressive disorder (MDD) patients. Forty-nine MDD patients were recruited and received tVNS or sham tVNS (stVNS) treatments. RESULTS: Thirty-four patients completed the study and were included in data analysis. After 1 month of tVNS treatment, the 24-item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale score reduced significantly in the tVNS group as compared with the stVNS group. The FC between the DMN and anterior insula and parahippocampus decreased; the FC between the DMN and precuneus and orbital prefrontal cortex increased compared with stVNS. All these FC increases are also associated with 24-item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale reduction. CONCLUSIONS: tVNS can significantly modulate the DMN FC of MDD patients; our results provide insights to elucidate the brain mechanism of tVNS treatment for MDD patients.

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Fang, J., Rong, P., Hong, Y., Fan, Y., Liu, J., Wang, H., Zhang, G., Chen, X., Shi, S., Wang, L., Liu, R., Hwang, J., Li, Z., Tao, J., Wang, Y., Zhu, B., & Kong, J.
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Biological Psychiatry
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2016-02
Volume
79
Issue
4
Pages
266-273
ISSN
0006-3223 (ISSN-L)
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W2014704049
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Fang, J., Rong, P., Hong, Y., Fan, Y., Liu, J., Wang, H., Zhang, G., Chen, X., Shi, S., Wang, L., Liu, R., Hwang, J., Li, Z., Tao, J., Wang, Y., Zhu, B., & Kong, J. (2016). Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation Modulates Default Mode Network in Major Depressive Disorder. Biological Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2015.03.025

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