Chronic stimulation of the left vagus nerve: Cognitive motor effects

Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 226-229

  Clarke, Beverley M ^a   Upton, A R M ^a   Griffin, Hélène ^a   Fitzpatrick, Debbie ^a   Denardis, Marijane ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PACEMAKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; SEIZURE; STIMULATION; VAGUS NERVE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 1842332704     PISSN: 03171671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0317167100021843     Document Type: Article

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