Heart period variability during vagal nerve stimulation

Seizure

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 213-217

  Setty, Amar B ^a   Vaughn, Bradley V ^a   Quint, Stephen R ^b   Robertson, K R ^a   Messenheimer, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Epilepsy; Heart period variability; Heart rate; Parasympathetic activity; Vagal nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART CYCLE; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; R WAVE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 0031903136     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1059-1311(98)80038-1     Document Type: Article

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