Vagus nerve stimulation activates central nervous system structures in epileptic patients during PET H215O blood flow imaging

Neurosurgery

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 426-431

  Ko, D ^a   Heck, C ^a   Grafton, S ^a   Apuzzo, M L J ^a   Couldwell, W T ^a   Chen, T ^a   Day, J D ^a   Zelman, V ^a   Smith, T ^a   DeGiorgio, C M ^a   Engel J , Jr ^a   Bakay, R A E ^a   Wyler, A R ^a   Silbergeld, D L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Positron emission tomography; Thalamus; Vagus nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; WATER O 15;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LOBECTOMY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEUROSURGERY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EPILEPSY, FRONTAL LOBE; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0030035872     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199608000-00061     Document Type: Article

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