Left vagus nerve stimulation suppresses experimentally induced pain

Neurology

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1167-1171

  Kirchner, A ^a   Birklein, Frank ^a   Stefan, H ^a   Handwerker, H O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; MESUXIMIDE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PRIMIDONE; TIAGABINE; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEAT STRESS; HUMAN; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 0034711162     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.55.8.1167     Document Type: Article

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