Ninth cranial nerve stimulation for epilepsy control part 2: Surgical feasibility in humans

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 244-247

  Tubbs, R Shane ^a   Patwardhan, Ravish V ^a,b   Oakes, W Jerry ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Epilepsy; Hering's nerve; Ninth cranial nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CAROTID SINUS NERVE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; LARYNX CARTILAGE; MALE; MANDIBLE; NERVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLION; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EPILEPSY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0036278295     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000058427     Document Type: Article

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