Thalamic and limbic involvement in the mechanism of action of vagus nerve stimulation, a SPECT study

Seizure

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 699-706

  Vonck, Kristl ^a   De Herdt, Veerle ^a   Bosman, Tommy ^a   Dedeurwaerdere, Stefanie ^c   Van Laere, Koen ^b   Boon, Paul ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Limbic system; Refractory epilepsy; SPECT; Thalamus; Vagus nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE ETHYL ESTER TC 99M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUBICULUM; THALAMUS; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; VOLUNTEER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THALAMUS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55549123505     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2008.05.001     Document Type: Article

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