Is There a Role for Vagus Nerve Stimulation in the Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder?

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Acknowledgements

The author thanks Dr Rimenez Souza and Dr Lindsey Noble for thoughtful comments on a draft of this article.

Financial & competing interests disclosure

The author's research is supported by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Biological Technologies Office (BTPO) Electrical Prescriptions (ElectRx) program under the auspices of Dr Doug Weber through the Space and Naval Warfare System Center, Pacific. Grant/Contract number DARPA-AA-14-38 and DARPA-BAA-15-06 and the NIMH, MH 105014. The author is a holder of a patent entitled ‘Enhancing Fear Extinction using Vagus Nerve Stimulation’. The authors have no other relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript apart from those disclosed.

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Funding

The author's research is supported by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Biological Technologies Office (BTPO) Electrical Prescriptions (ElectRx) program under the auspices of Dr Doug Weber through the Space and Naval Warfare System Center, Pacific. Grant/Contract number DARPA-AA-14-38 and DARPA-BAA-15-06 and the NIMH, MH 105014. The author is a holder of a patent entitled ‘Enhancing Fear Extinction using Vagus Nerve Stimulation’. The authors have no other relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript apart from those disclosed.