Cognitive Function During Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Treatment-Refractory Epilepsy: A Pilot Study Using the Critical Flicker Fusion Test

Journal of Neurotherapy

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 32-36

  Achinivu, Kanu ^a   Staufenberg, Ekkehart ^b   Cull, Christine ^c   Cavanna, Andrea E ^a,d   Ring, Howard ^e  

^a BIRMINGHAM AND SOLIHULL MENTAL HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b David Lewis Centre for Epilepsy   (United Kingdom)

^c NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CRITICAL FLICKER FUSION; DISEASE DURATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 84858599448     PISSN: 10874208     EISSN: 1530017X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10874208.2012.650097     Document Type: Article

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