Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) synchronized BOLD fMRI suggests that VNS in depressed adults has frequency/dose dependent effects

Journal of Psychiatric Research

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 219-227

  Lomarev, Mikhail ^a,c   Denslow, Stewart ^a   Nahas, Ziad ^a   Chae, Jeong Ho ^a,d   George, Mark S ^a,b   Bohning, Daryl E ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b RALPH H JOHNSON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Brain Ctr and Inst for Human Brain   (Russian Federation)

^d The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Depression; FMRI; Vagus nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DEVICE; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYGEN BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 0036280117     PISSN: 00223956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3956(02)00013-4     Document Type: Article

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