Brain blood flow alterations induced by therapeutic vagus nerve stimulation in partial epilepsy: I. Acute effects at high and low levels of stimulation

Epilepsia

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 983-990

  Henry, Thomas R ^a   Bakay, Roy A E ^a   Votaw, John R ^a   Pennell, Page B ^a   Epstein, Charles M ^a   Faber, Tracy L ^a   Grafton, Scott T ^a   Hoffman, John M ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Complex partial seizures; Epilepsy; Positron emission tomography; Vagus nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

WATER O 15;

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ADULT; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0031709388     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1998.tb01448.x     Document Type: Article

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