Neurostimulation in the treatment of epilepsy

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 244, Issue , 2013, Pages 87-95

  Bergey, Gregory K ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior thalamic; Closed loop; Epilepsy; Neurostimulation; Responsive neurostimulation; Vagus nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ETIRACETAM; PLACEBO;

ANTERIOR THALAMIC STIMULATION; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN STEM; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CENTRAL PROGRAMMED STIMULATION; CEREBELLUM; CLOSED LOOP RESPONSIVE STIMULATION; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY PHASE SYNCHRONIZATION; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; KINDLING; LOCUS CERULEUS; MESIAL TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; MOSSY FIBER; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE SPROUTING; NERVE STIMULATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SEIZURE; SPASTICITY; STUDY DESIGN; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; THALAMUS ANTERIOR NUCLEUS; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TRIGEMINAL NERVE STIMULATION; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 84877605957     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2013.04.004     Document Type: Review

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