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Laboratory Administration of Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation (taVNS): Technique, Targeting, and Considerations
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The placebo effect of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation. J Laryngol Otol 2006;120:442-5
The Journal of Laryngology and Otology
|February 7, 2008
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