Vagal nerve stimulation: Exploring its efficacy and success for an improved prognosis and quality of life in cerebral palsy patients

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 110, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 755-762

  Jaseja, Harinder ^a  

^a G R MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Epilepsy; Interictal epileptiform discharges; Neurocognitive impairment; Quality of life; VNS

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY WITH CENTROTEMPORAL SPIKE SYNDROME; BRAIN METABOLISM; CEREBRAL PALSY; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTOGENESIS; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTRACEREBRAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NONREM SLEEP; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REM SLEEP; REVIEW; SPIKE WAVE; THALAMUS; THERAPY RESISTANCE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; WAKEFULNESS;

CEREBRAL PALSY; COGNITION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 49749104251     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2008.05.005     Document Type: Review

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