Increase in 20-50 Hz (gamma frequencies) power spectrum and synchronization after chronic vagal nerve stimulation

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 116, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 2026-2036

  Marrosu, F ^a   Santoni, F ^b   Puligheddu, M ^a   Barberini, L ^a   Maleci, A ^a   Ennas, F ^a   Mascia, M ^a   Zanetti, G ^b   Tuveri, A ^a   Biggio, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b POLARIS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Digital EEG; Gamma activity; Intra inter hemispheric synchronization analysis; Partial epilepsy; Power spectrum frequency analysis; Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS)

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; ETIRACETAM; FELBAMATE; LAMOTRIGINE; PRIMIDONE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; EEG ABNORMALITY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GAMMA RHYTHM; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; PERFORMANCE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; POWER SPECTRUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; SEIZURE; THETA RHYTHM; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ADULT; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TELEMETRY; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 24344462289     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2005.06.015     Document Type: Article

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