JNP Micro Podcasts ”Four Questions”: Mitchell Adrien St. Pierre and Minoru Shinohara

In this micro podcast Mitchell Adrien St. Pierre and Minoru Shinohara of the Georgia Institute of Technology discuss their recently published manuscript "Transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation at nonspecific timings during training can compromise motor adaptation in healthy humans." 

 

NEW & NOTEWORTHY Adding vagus nerve stimulation via implanted electrodes during motor training can facilitate motor recovery in disabled animals and humans. No study examined the effect of transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation (tVNS) during training on neuromotor adaptation in healthy humans. We have found that adding tVNS at nonspecific timings during motor skill training can compromise motor adaptation but not transfer in healthy humans.

 

Article Citation:

Transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation at nonspecific timings during training can compromise motor adaptation in healthy humans

Mitchell Adrien St. Pierre and Minoru Shinohara

Journal of Neurophysiology 2023 130:1, 212-223