Neuromodulation Using Vagus Nerve Stimulation Following Ischemic Stroke as Therapeutic Adjunct

Stimulus of the auricular branch of the vagal nerve with the transcutaneous auricular vagal nerve stimulation.

Patients assigned to the controls arm will have no electricity applied to the Auricular Branch of the Vagus Nerve. Stimulus will be provided to the lobule of the ear, which is not innervated by the Auricular Branch of the Vagus Nerve.