fMRI Study Suggests Transcutaneous Cervical Vagus Nerve Stimulation (tcVNS) Accelerates Neural Processes in Visual Skill Learning
Key Highlights
- ➤AFRL study used electroCore’s gammaCore Sapphire for tcVNS visual skill-learning research
- ➤Fifty airmen participated in a five-day active-versus-sham controlled fMRI study
- ➤Active tcVNS significantly increased visual-learning brain activation on Day 2
- ➤Active stimulation strengthened coordination between sequential target-identification and change-detection decisions
- ➤Machine-learning analyses found lasting brain-activity differences versus sham stimulation
ROCKAWAY, N.J.,, Oct. 27, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- electroCore, Inc. (Nasdaq: ECOR) (“electroCore” or the “Company”), a commercial-stage bioelectronic medicine and wellness company, today announced findings presented by the United States Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) of a controlled functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study evaluating transcutaneous cervical vagus nerve stimulation (tcVNS) during complex visual skill learning.
The study, titled “Enhanced Skill Learning via Cervical Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation: A Neuroimaging Perspective,” was conducted by the AFRL. The investigators used electroCore’s patented tcVNS technology to examine behavioral performance and brain activity during a visual pattern-recognition task designed to model elements of Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) analyst training.
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