Targeting plasticity with vagus nerve stimulation to treat neurological disease

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 207, Issue , 2013, Pages 275-299

  Hays, Seth A ^a   Rennaker, Robert L ^a,b   Kilgard, Michael P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Dallas   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Cortical plasticity; Neuromodulators; Norepinephrine; Recovery; Targeted plasticity; Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS)

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY CORTEX; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FORELIMB; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TINNITUS; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; CORTICAL PLASTICITY; NEUROMODULATORS; NOREPINEPHRINE; RECOVERY; TARGETED PLASTICITY; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION (VNS);

ANIMALS; BRAIN; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 84888868666     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: 18757855     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-63327-9.00010-2     Document Type: Chapter

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