Transcutaneous Vagal Nerve Stimulation in Veterans With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Exclusion Criteria11

• Subjects will be excluded with:
• a history of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) based on VA Criteria
• moderate or greater TBI
• positive pregnancy test
• meningitis or other neurological disorder
• alcohol or substance abuse use disorder based on DSM-5 criteria within the past 12 months
• current or lifetime history of schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar I disorder, anorexia nervosa or bulimia, based on DSM-5
• active suicidal ideation with a plan
• a history of serious medical or neurological illness, such as cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, hepatic, renal, neurologic or other systemic illness that would preclude participation based on clinical judgment of the PI
• active opiate or benzodiazepine treatment
• history of structural abnormality on brain MRI or CT if one has been performed in the past