Acute blood flow changes and efficacy of vagus nerve stimulation in partial epilepsy

Neurology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1166-1173

  Henry, Thomas R ^a   Votaw, J R ^a   Pennell, P B ^a   Epstein, C M ^a   Bakay, R A E ^a   Faber, T L ^a   Grafton, S T ^a   Hoffman, J M ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROTRANSMITTER RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; NERVE PROJECTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYNAPSE; THALAMUS; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 0032943882     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.52.6.1166     Document Type: Article

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