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Non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation attenuates the burnout

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2022

S. Tukaiev ,
O. Pravda ,
N. Vysokov ,
A. Tarasenko ,
D. Toleukhanov ,
V. Komarenko ,
S. Danylov  and
V. Kravchenko
S. Tukaiev*
Affiliation:
National Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv, Institute Of Biology And Medicine, Kyiv, Ukraine
O. Pravda
Affiliation:
National Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv, Institute Of Biology And Medicine, Kyiv, Ukraine
N. Vysokov
Affiliation:
BrainPatch Ltd, Brainpatch Ltd, London, United Kingdom
A. Tarasenko
Affiliation:
BrainPatch Ltd, Brainpatch Ltd, London, United Kingdom
D. Toleukhanov
Affiliation:
BrainPatch Ltd, Brainpatch Ltd, London, United Kingdom
V. Komarenko
Affiliation:
Beehiveor Academy and R&D Labs, Beehiveor Academy And R&d Labs, Kyiv, Ukraine
S. Danylov
Affiliation:
Beehiveor Academy and R&D Labs, Beehiveor Academy And R&d Labs, Kyiv, Ukraine
V. Kravchenko
Affiliation:
National Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv, Institute Of Biology And Medicine, Kyiv, Ukraine
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

Vagus nerve stimulation produces therapeutic effects for the treatment of psychiatric disorders, heart failure, and others.

Objectives

The aim of the current study was to evaluate the effects of the non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation on emotional burnout.

Methods

6 right-handed male volunteers aged 18-22 years participated in study. We used the combination of pleasant meditative classical music and a slow bi-polar wave (0.1-0.2 Hz) of electrical non-invasive transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation for 5 minutes. The set of 4 VNS was performed at intervals of 3 days. EEG was registered during the rest state (3 min, closed eyes condition). To measure the severity of emotional burnout in students, we used the 22-item Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI).

Results

VNS significantly improve the depersonalization and reduction of personal achievements (components of the emotional burnout). Changes in the psychoemotional state of the respondents were accompanied by the increase in the theta-Fz/alpha-Pz ratio, that reflects an enhancement of the activation level. A set of non-invasive stimulation of the auricular branch of the vagus nerve leads to an increase in the level of activation (the ratio of beta / alpha rhythms). The changes in the power of the alpha rhythm may relate to improving of mental process, creativity, creative thinking. An increase in alpha rhythm may reflect internally oriented attention in creative activities.

Conclusions

The preliminary data suggests that the novel mastoid stimulation device may have a prolonged stimulating effect on the brain processes while attenuating the burnout at the same time.

Disclosure

No significant relationships.

Keywords

EEGburnoutneuromodulationvagus nerve stimulation
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European Psychiatry , Volume 65 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 30th European Congress of Psychiatry , June 2022 , pp. S734
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