The Effects of Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation (taVNS) on Anxiety Responses and Emotional Regulation

ConditionHealthy Male and Female Volunteers

Trial statusRecruiting

Trial phaseNot applicable

Trial typeInterventional

Biological sexAll

Age18-30

SponsorUniversity of Electronic Science and Technology of China

About this trial

The main aim of this study is to investigate whether transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) can reduce anxiety and have an effect on emotional regulations

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Healthy subjects without past or current psychiatric or neurological disorders.

Disqualifiers

History of head injury.

Medical or psychiatric illness.

Subjects take a certain drug for a long period of time.

Subjects have metal implants in their bodies.

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

taVNS on tragus of subjects with high trait anxiety
taVNS on earlobe of subjects with high trait anxiety
taVNS on tragus of subjects with no high trait anxiety
taVNS on earlobe of subjects with no high trait anxiety

Treatment groups

140 Participants

are divided into 4 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators

University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

Lead sponsor

Source ClinicalTrials.gov