Intraoperative human vagus nerve compound action potentials

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 232-238

  Evans, M S ^a   Verma Ahuja, S ^a   Naritoku, D K ^a   Espinosa, J A ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

A fibers; C fibers; Epilepsy; Nerve stimulation; Seizures; Vagus nerve

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; PULSE GENERATOR; VAGUS NERVE; VELOCITY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EPILEPSY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; NEURAL CONDUCTION; REACTION TIME; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 4644239441     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2004.00309.x     Document Type: Article

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