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case_images: Representative images of the case. (A) T2W1 showed hot cross bun sign, (B) T2 showed cerebellar atrophy, (C) The patient with MSA-C was undergoing the taVNS treatment, (D) Position of the taVNS stimulation (cymba conchae), (E) Scores of SARA, UMSARS, PSQI, HAMA and HAMD at baseline, 4 weeks and 12 months after taVNS treatment.
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case_images: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of the cranium showed hot cross bun sign (Figure 1A) and cerebellar atrophy (Figure 1B). TENS-200A, Suzhou, China) to stimulate the left cymba conchae in patients with MSA-C (Figures 1C,D), which is in line with established practice. Compared to baseline assessments, SARA scores decreased from 13 to 11 and then to 10.5, UMSARS scores from 28 to 24 and then to 23, PSQI scores from 19 to 13 and then to 6, HAMA scores from 13 to 3 and then remained unchanged, and HAMD scores from 7 to 4 and then remained unchanged (Figure 1E).