# Noninvasive VNS to Facilitate Excitability in Motor Cortex

> **NCT04130646** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Medical University of South Carolina** · enrollment: 12 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Stroke
- Stroke Sequelae
- Motor Activity

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
- **DEVICE:** transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS)

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT04130646
- **Lead sponsor:** Medical University of South Carolina
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2020-03-15
- **Primary completion:** 2023-06-12
- **Final completion:** 2024-12-06
- **Target enrollment:** 12 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2025-04-20


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04130646

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT04130646, "Noninvasive VNS to Facilitate Excitability in Motor Cortex". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-08 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT04130646. Licensed CC0.

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