Table 1.
Mean MSNA bursts per minute. The paired (RM one-way ANOVA, P = 0.6080; n = 9) and unpaired (ordinary one-way ANOVA, P = 0.1022; n = 17 for sinusoidal galvanic vestibular stimulation (sGVS); n = 22 for transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (dlPFC); n = 11 for combined stimulation) mean MSNA bursts per minute data (calculated from the root mean square (RMS) of the raw nerve activity) from three-minute time periods before, at the start, and at the end of each stimulation protocol is displayed. For both the paired and unpaired data, no statistically significant differences (P > 0.05) were found between any stimulation conditions. ‘Combo’ refers to combined sGVS and tACS stimulation. Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation (SD)
sGVS | tACS | Combo | ||||
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Paired | Unpaired | Paired | Unpaired | Paired | Unpaired | |
Before Stimulation | 23.6 ± 4.5 | 21.3 ± 5.2 | 24.7 ± 3.4 | 22.1 ± 6.3 | 25.1 ± 2.0 | 25.4 ± 3.0 |
Start of Stimulation | 25.2 ± 4.6 | 23.1 ± 5.0 | 24.3 ± 4.9 | 23.8 ± 4.5 | 25.3 ± 4.1 | 25.7 ± 4.1 |
End of Stimulation | 24.6 ± 4.7 | 23.8 ± 4.1 | 24.0 ± 3.5 | 22.5 ± 4.9 | 26.3 ± 3.8 | 26.1 ± 3.5 |