Mechanical Affective Touch Therapy for Anxiety Disorders: Feasibility, Clinical Outcomes, and Electroencephalography Biomarkers From an Open-Label Trial

BackgroundMost external peripheral nerve stimulation devices designed to alter mood states use electrical energy, but mechanical stimulation for activation of somatosensory pathways may be harnessed for potential therapeutic neuromodulation. A novel investigational device for Mechanical Affective To...

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Main Authors: Linda L. Carpenter, Eugenia F. Kronenberg, Eric Tirrell, Fatih Kokdere, Quincy M. Beck, Simona Temereanca, Andrew M. Fukuda, Sahithi Garikapati, Sean Hagberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.877574/full