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Stimulating the vagus nerve in the neck might help ease pain associated with PTSD

February 13, 2019 by

In a randomized, controlled pilot trial, researchers found that participants pre-treated with noninvasive vagus nerve stimulation experienced less pain after heat stimulus than mock-treated participants.

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