Vibrotactile auricular vagus nerve stimulation alters limbic system connectivity in humans: A pilot study

• Kara M. Donovan ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: kara.donovan@wustl.edu (KMD); leuthardte@wustl.edu (ECL)

  Affiliations Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Division of Neurotechnology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5492-2241

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• Joshua D. Adams,

  Roles Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

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• Ki Yun Park,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Division of Neurotechnology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Department of Neurosurgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

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• Phillip Demarest,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Division of Neurotechnology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

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• Gansheng Tan,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Division of Neurotechnology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8785-9499

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• Jon T. Willie,

  Roles Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Department of Neurosurgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Department of Neuroscience, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

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• Peter Brunner ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Peter Brunner, Jenna L. Gorlewicz, Eric C. Leuthardt

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also share senior authorship.

  Affiliations Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Division of Neurotechnology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Department of Neurosurgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

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• Jenna L. Gorlewicz ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Peter Brunner, Jenna L. Gorlewicz, Eric C. Leuthardt

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also share senior authorship.

  Affiliation Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0688-4201

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• Eric C. Leuthardt

  Contributed equally to this work with: Peter Brunner, Jenna L. Gorlewicz, Eric C. Leuthardt

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: kara.donovan@wustl.edu (KMD); leuthardte@wustl.edu (ECL)

  ¶‡ These authors also share senior authorship.

  Affiliations Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Division of Neurotechnology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Department of Neurosurgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Department of Neuroscience, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Center for Innovation in Neuroscience and Technology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Brain Laser Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

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