Clinical Trial: Effects of TVNS on Visceral Pain
Study Status: COMPLETED
Recruit Status: COMPLETED
Condition: Healthy Females
Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
Official Title: The Effect of Transcutaneous Vagal Nerve Stimulation on the Processing of Visceral Pain Signals: a High Resolution FMRI Study in Healthy Volunteers
Brief Summary:
Transcutaneous auricular vagal nerve stimulation (taVNS) has shown promise in reducing chronic abdominal pain, such as in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).This pain is thought to result from a disruption in gut-brain communication involving the vagus nerve.Using brain imaging, we developed a pain model involving capsaicin (the spicy component in red peppers) to study this interaction.This study aims to explore how taVNS affects this pain model in healthy volunteers.
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