Vagus nerve stimulation therapy is effective and safe for startle-induced seizures

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 354, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 124-126

  Miró, Júlia ^a   Jaraba, Sònia ^a   Mora, Jaume ^a   Puig, Oriol ^a   Castañer, Sara ^a   Rodriguez Bel, Laura ^a   Santurino, Mila ^a   Plans, Gerard ^a   Falip, Mercè ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Epileptic network; Ictal symptomatogenic onset zone; Nonpharmacological epilepsy therapy; Startle epilepsy; Supplementary sensorimotor area; Vagus nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRONTOPARIETAL CORTEX; HUMAN; KERNICTERUS; MAGNET; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MIDDLE AGED; NOCTURNAL SEIZURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PALLOR; PRECUNEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STARTLE EPILEPSY; SUPPLEMENTARY SENSORIMOTOR AREA; SWEATING; TACHYCARDIA; THETA RHYTHM; TONIC SEIZURE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; EPILEPSY, REFLEX; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STARTLE REFLEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, REFLEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFLEX, STARTLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 84937523135     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: 18785883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2015.04.048     Document Type: Letter

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