Effect of chronic vagal nerve stimulation on interictal epileptiform discharges

Seizure

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 352-355

  Kuba, Robert ^a   Nesvadba, David ^a   Brázdil, Milan ^a   Ošlejšková, Hana ^b   Ryzí, Michal ^b   Rektor, Ivan ^a  

^a ST ANNE S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRNO   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Electroencephalography; Epilepsy; Seizure; Vagal nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; EPILEPSY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VAGUS NERVE;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 77955341384     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2010.05.009     Document Type: Article

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