Blood pressure control with selective vagal nerve stimulation and minimal side effects

Journal of Neural Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Plachta, Dennis T T ^a   Gierthmuehlen, Mortimer ^b   Cota, Oscar ^a   Espinosa, Nayeli ^a   Boeser, Fabian ^a   Herrera, Taliana C ^a   Stieglitz, Thomas ^a   Zentner, Joseph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Active implant; Baroreflex; Cuff electrode; Hypertension; Selective stimulation

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE; FIBERS; HEALTH RISKS; PATIENT TREATMENT; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ACTIVE IMPLANTS; BAROREFLEX; CUFF ELECTRODE; HYPERTENSION; SELECTIVE STIMULATIONS;

ELECTRODES;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AORTA PRESSORECEPTOR; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BRADYCARDIA; BRADYPNEA; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; MALE; MULTICHANNEL CUFF ELECTRODE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SELECTIVE VAGAL NERVE STIMULATION; VAGUS NERVE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; ANIMAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; ELECTRODE IMPLANT; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSORECEPTOR; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; MALE; MINIATURIZATION; PRESSORECEPTORS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VAGUS NERVE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 84901279052     PISSN: 17412560     EISSN: 17412552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1741-2560/11/3/036011     Document Type: Article

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