Electrical stimulation of the vagal nerve: From experimental to clinical aspects;Estimulación eléctrica del nervio vago: De lo experimental a lo clínico

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 971-977

  Magdaleno Madrigal, Victor M ^a,b  

^a Inst Natl Psiq Ramon Fuente Muniz   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PSIQUIATRÍA RAMÓN DE LA FUENTE MUÑIZ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Electrical stimulation of the vagal nerve; Epilepsy; Experimental models

Indexed keywords

NEUROTRANSMITTER;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CONVULSION; ELECTRIC SHOCK; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; KINDLING; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; REM SLEEP; REVIEW; SEIZURE; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 10444237941     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33588/rn.3910.2004199     Document Type: Review

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