Transcutaneous auricular VNS applied to experimental pain: A paired behavioral and EEG study using thermonociceptive CO2 laser.

PLoS One · 2021 · PMC8274876 · PMID 34252124

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moderately significantp < .000not a probability at all

Effects of VNS on behavioral responses (detection thresholds and intensity of perception) Changes in skin temperature showed a weakly significant positive correlation to changes in heat-sensitive C-fibers detection threshold (p < .000, R 2 = 0.135), a moderately significant positive correlation with the detection threshold of cool-sensitive free nerve endings (p < .000, R 2 = 0.545), and a weakly significant negative correlation with mechano-sensitive Aβ-fiber detection threshold (p < .000, R 2 = 0.163).

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only marginally significantp = .043actually significant

Using a Bonferroni comparison for post-hoc analysis, this difference was only marginally significant (p = .043, mean difference ± SD between taVNS-Sham: 0.86 ± 1.88°C).

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