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| Title |
Improvement of Olfactory Function With High Frequency Non-invasive Auricular Electrostimulation in Healthy Humans
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Neuroscience, April 2018
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| DOI | 10.3389/fnins.2018.00225 |
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| Authors |
Ashim Maharjan, Eunice Wang, Mei Peng, Yusuf O. Cakmak |
| Abstract |
In past literature on animal models, invasive vagal nerve stimulation using high frequencies has shown to be effective at modulating the activity of the olfactory bulb (OB). Recent advances in invasive vagal nerve stimulation in humans, despite previous findings in animal models, used low frequency stimulation and found no effect on the olfactory functioning. The present article aimed to test potential effects of non-invasive, high and low frequency vagal nerve stimulation in humans, with supplementary exploration of the orbitofrontal cortex using near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS). Healthy, male adult participants (n = 18) performed two olfactory tests [odor threshold test (OTT) and supra-threshold test (STT)] before and after receiving high-, low frequency vagal nerve stimulation and placebo (no stimulation). Participant's olfactory functioning was monitored using NIRS, and assessed with two behavioral olfactory tests. NIRS data of separate stimulation parameters were statistically analyzed using repeated-measures ANOVA across different stages. Data from olfactory tests were analyzed using paired parametric and non-parametric statistical tests. Only high frequency, non-invasive vagal nerve stimulation was able to positively modulate the performance of the healthy participants in the STT (p = 0.021, Wilcoxon sign-ranked test), with significant differences in NIRS (p = 0.014, post-hoc with Bonferroni correction) recordings of the right hemispheric, orbitofrontal cortex. The results from the current article implore further exploration of the neurocircuitry involved under vagal nerve stimulation and the effects of non-invasive, high frequency, vagal nerve stimulation toward olfactory dysfunction which showcase in Parkinson's and Alzheimer's Diseases. Despite the sufficient effect size (moderate effect, correlation coefficient (r): 0.39 for the STT) of the current study, future research should replicate the current findings with a larger cohort. |
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The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 19 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 11% |
| New Zealand | 2 | 11% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 5% |
| Norway | 1 | 5% |
| Germany | 1 | 5% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 5% |
| Turkey | 1 | 5% |
| Unknown | 10 | 53% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 14 | 74% |
| Scientists | 3 | 16% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 5% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 5% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 67 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 12 | 18% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 9 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 5 | 7% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 5 | 7% |
| Student > Master | 3 | 4% |
| Other | 8 | 12% |
| Unknown | 25 | 37% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Neuroscience | 11 | 16% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 9 | 13% |
| Psychology | 7 | 10% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 4 | 6% |
| Computer Science | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 6 | 9% |
| Unknown | 28 | 42% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 13. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 02 November 2023.
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