Vagus nerve stimulation

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Lulic, Dzenan ^a   Ahmadian, Amir ^a   Baaj, Ali A ^a   Benbadis, Selim R ^a   Vale, Fernando L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; History; Vagus nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG RESISTANCE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG RESISTANCE; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 70349569249     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.6.FOCUS09126     Document Type: Article

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