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Intraoperative nerve stimulation during vagal nerve stimulator placement

Surgical Neurology International, 2023
Background:Vagal nerve stimulation (VNS) is a palliative treatment for refractory epilepsy and intraoperative nerve stimulation is applied to the vagal and other nerves to prevent electrode misplacement. We evaluated these thresholds to establish intraoperative monitoring procedures for VNS surgery.Methods:Forty-six patients who underwent ...
Kamada, Chie, Enatsu, Rei, Kanno, Aya, Ochi, Satoko, Yamada, Shoto, Sato, Ryota, Chiba, Ryohei, Mikuni, Nobuhiro   +7 more
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Heart period variability during vagal nerve stimulation [PDF]

, 1998
Vagal nerve stimulation is an emerging therapy for epilepsy, yet little is known regarding the effects of this stimulation on heart period variability.
Vaughn, Bradley V., Messenheimer, John A., Vaughn, Bradley, Messenheimer, John, Quint, Stephen R., Robertson, K.R., Setty, Amar, Setty, Amar B., Quint, Stephen   +8 more
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Autonomic Modulation for Cardiovascular Disease

Frontiers in Physiology, 2020
Dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system has been implicated in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular disease, including congestive heart failure and cardiac arrhythmias.
Joseph Hadaya, Joseph Hadaya, Joseph Hadaya, Jeffrey L. Ardell, Jeffrey L. Ardell   +4 more
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Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) A Possible Aid for Pain Relief in Developing Countries? [PDF]

, 2009
Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) refers to the delivery of electrical currents through the skin to activate peripheral nerves. The technique is widely used in developed countries to relieve a wide range of acute and chronic pain ...
O Tashani, Tashani, O, M Johnson, Johnson, MI   +3 more
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Hypothalamically-Induced Insulin Release and its Potentiation During Oral and Intravenous Glucose Loads [PDF]

, 1984
Male Wistar rats were provided with bilateral cannulas in the lateral hypothalamic area (LHA) and cannulas in the left and right jugular vein. Freely moving rats provided in this way with cannulas were infused with transmitters in the LHA and with ...
Steffens, A.B., Steffens, A.B.,, Luiten, P.G.M., Kuipers, F.; id_orcid, Luiten, P.G.M.,, Flik, G., Flik, G.,, Kuipers, F.,, Kuipers, F., Lotter, E.C., Lotter, E.C.,   +10 more
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Efficacy of Vagal Nerve Stimulation in Adult Patients: Experience of a Young Epilepsy Outpatient Clinic

, 2020
Objectives:Antiepileptic drugs are the most commonly used treatments in epilepsy. However, in a group of about one-third of all epilepsy patients who have not been able to control seizures with antiepileptic drugs called drug-resistant epilepsy, epilepsy
Bicer Gomcel, Yasemin, Yasemin BİÇER GÖMCELİ, Kutlu, Gulnihal, Gülnihal KUTLU, Turk, Cezmi Cagri, Cezmi Çağrı TÜRK, Fatma GENÇ, Erdal, Abidin, Abidin ERDAL, Genc, Fatma   +9 more
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EFFICACY OF VAGAL NERVE STIMULATION IN IRAQI PATIENTS WITH REFRACTORY EPILEPSY: TWO-YEAR EXPERIENCE

The Iraqi Journal of Medical Sciences, 2016
Background:Refractory epilepsy patients who fail to respond to two antiepileptic drugs used appropriately are likely to have medically refractory seizure disorder and should be investigated for alternative forms of treatments like experimental drug trial,
Mohammad A. Kamel, Sajid I. Kadhim, Ahmed A. Al-Atraqchi, Aqeel K. Hatim, Zaki N. Hasan   +4 more
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Long-Term Effects of Ivabradine on Cardiac Vagal Parasympathetic Function in Normal Rats

Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2021
Background: The complex interactions that exist between the pacemaker current, If, and the parasympathetic nervous system could significantly influence the course of patients undergoing chronic therapy with the If blocker ivabradine.
Alina Scridon, Alina Scridon, Vasile Bogdan Halaţiu, Alkora Ioana Balan, Dan Alexandru Cozac, Dan Alexandru Cozac, Valeriu Moldovan, Valeriu Moldovan, Claudia Bănescu, Claudia Bănescu, Marcel Perian, Marcel Perian, Răzvan Constantin Şerban   +12 more
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Vagal nerve stimulation—the Norwegian experience [PDF]

Seizure, 2003
The purpose of this open retrospective study was to analyze the efficacy and tolerability of vagal nerve stimulation (VNS) in a Norwegian cohort of referral patients with refractory epileptic seizures. A total of 47 patients have been assessed after a mean follow-up time of 2.7 years.
NAKKEN, KARL O, HENRIKSEN, OLAF, RØSTE, GEIR K, LOSSIUS, RASMUS   +3 more
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Efficacy and safety of vagal nerve stimulation in patients with pharmacoresistant epilepsy

Эпилепсия и пароксизмальные состояния, 2019
Stimulation of the vagal nerve is an effective treatment option in patients with pharmacoresistant epilepsy. Objective: to analyze the efficacy and safety of the Vagal Nerve Stimulation (VNS) procedure in patients suffering from pharmacoresistant ...
I. G. Areshkina, D. V. Dmitrenko, N. A. Shnayder, E. A. Narodova   +3 more
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