Vagus Nerve Stimulation

Neuromodulation

Volumn 2, Issue , 2009, Pages 625-637

  Paul Amar, Arun ^a   Levy, Michael L ^b   Liu, Charles Y ^c   Apuzzo, Michael L J ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374248-3.00051-3     Document Type: Chapter

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