Effects of two different cycles of vagus nerve stimulation on interictal epileptiform discharges

Seizure

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 615-620

  Santiago Rodríguez, Efraín ^a   Alonso Vanegas, Mario ^b   Cárdenas Morales, Lizbeth ^a   Harmony, Thalía ^a   Bernardino, Mario ^a   Fernández Bouzas, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE QUERÉTARO   (Mexico)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (Mexico)

Author keywords

EEG; Epilepsy; Epileptiform activity; Interictal epileptiform discharges; Seizure; Vagus nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE WAVE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEIZURES; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 33750459005     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2006.09.006     Document Type: Article

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