EEG-desynchronization as the major mechanism of anti-epileptic action of vagal nerve stimulation in patients with intractable seizures: Clinical neurophysiological evidence

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 855-856

  Jaseja, Harinder ^a  

^a G R MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ALERTNESS; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BETA RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; GAMMA RHYTHM; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; REM SLEEP; THETA RHYTHM; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; SEIZURES; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 77950956655     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2009.11.031     Document Type: Article

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