Table 1.

The taVNS nomenclatures in publications

Full nomenclature	Abbreviated nomenclature
Auricular vagus nerve stimulation	aVNS/AVNS
Auricular transcutaneous vagus stimulation	atVNS
Low-level tragus nerve stimulation	LL-TNS
Low-level tragus electrical stimulation	LLTS
Percutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation	PVNS
Respiratory-gated auricular vagal afferent nerve stimulation	RAVANS
Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation	taVNS/ta-VNS
Transcutaneous tragus nerve stimulation	TNS
Transcutaneous vagal nerve stimulation	tVNS/TVNS