Vagal nerve stimulation: A review of its applications and potential mechanisms that mediate its clinical effects

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 493-500

  Groves, Duncan A ^a   Brown, Verity J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antidepressant; Brain stimulation; Electroconvulsive therapy; Seizures; Vagus nerve

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MIGRAINE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 17044402664     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2005.01.004     Document Type: Review

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