Vagus Nerve and Vagus Nerve Stimulation, a Comprehensive Review: Part II

Headache

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 259-266

  Yuan, Hsiangkuo ^a   Silberstein, Stephen D ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

vagus nerve; vagus nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; IMPLANTED VAGUS NERVE STIMULATOR; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; VAGUS NERVE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; HEADACHE; HISTORY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; HEADACHE; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; VAGUS NERVE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 84958882075     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: 15264610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/head.12650     Document Type: Review

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