Application of a computational model of vagus nerve stimulation

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 336-343

  Helmers, S L ^a   Begnaud, J ^b   Cowley, A ^b   Corwin, H M ^c   Edwards, J C ^d   Holder, D L ^e   Kostov, H ^f   Larsson, P G ^f   Levisohn, P M ^g   De Menezes, M S ^h   Stefan, H ^i,k   Labiner, D M ^j  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Cyberonics Inc   (Italy)

^c Neurology Consulting LLC   (United States)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^f OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^g CHILDREN S HOSPITAL COLORADO   (United States)

^h SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^k JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Action potentials; Electrical stimulation; Epilepsy; Modeling; Seizures; Vagus nerve

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC FIELD; EPILEPSY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MYELINATION; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; VAGUS NERVE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 84867099833     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2012.01656.x     Document Type: Article

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