(1)Title
Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve
Stimulation Induced Parasympathetic Activation modulates experimental
pain as assessed with the nociceptive withdrawal reflex11Table
of Abbreviations
HRV Heart rate variability
LC Locus coeruleus
NWR Nociceptive Withdrawal reflex
NTS Nucleus tractus solitarius
NWR Nociceptive withdrawal reflex
(2)Author’s name
Hirotake Yokota1, 2, *, Mutsuaki
Edama1, 2, Yurika Kawanabe2, Ryo
Hirabayashi1, 2, Chie Sekikne1, 2,
Hiroshi Akuzawa1, 2, Tomonobu
Ishigaki1, 2, Naofumi Otsuru1, 2,
Kei Saito1, 2, Sho Kojima1, 2, Shota
Miyaguchi1, 2, Hideaki Onishi1, 2
(3)institutional affiliation, city, state, and country in which the
study was carried out
1 Institute for Human Movement and Medical Sciences, Niigata University
of Health and Welfare, Niigata, Japan
2 Department of Physical Therapy, Niigata University of Health and
Welfare, Niigata, Japan
Keywords: Transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation, vagus afferent,
nociceptive withdraw reflex, heart rate variability, LF/HF