Jiliang Fang

TL;DR: It is hypothesized that acupuncture may mediate its antipain, antianxiety, and other therapeutic effects via this intrinsic neural circuit that plays a central role in the affective and cognitive dimensions of pain as well as in the regulation and integration of emotion, memory processing, autonomic, endocrine, immunological, and sensorimotor functions.

TL;DR: TVNS can significantly modulate the default mode network (DMN) functional connectivity (FC) in mild or moderate major depressive disorder (MDD) patients; the results provide insights to elucidate the brain mechanism of tVNS treatment for MDD patients.

TL;DR: The results suggest that taVNS is a promising, safe, and cost-effective therapeutic method for mild and moderate MDD.

TL;DR: The results indicate that the deactivation of the LPNN during acupuncture cannot be completely explained by the demand of attention that is commonly proposed in the default mode literature, and suggest that acupuncture mobilizes the anti-correlated functional networks of the brain to mediate its actions, and that the effect is dependent on the psychophysical response.

TL;DR: It is found that transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation can significantly reduce multiple symptoms of depression patients, including anxiety, psychomotor retardation, sleep disturbance, and hopelessness.