Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2017 BACKGROUND: The vagus nerve stimulation (vns) is an approach mainly used in cases of intractable epilepsy despite all the efforts. Also, its benefits have been shown in severe cases of depression resistant to typical treatment.AIM: The aim of this study was to present current knowledge of vagus nerve stimulation.MATERIAL AND METHODS: A new value has ...
Ekmekçi H., Kaptan H.
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Methods, systems, and devices for pairing vagus nerve stimulation with motor therapy in stroke patients [PDF]
, 2014 A method of treating motor deficits in a stroke patient, comprising assessing a patient's motor deficits, determining therapeutic goals for the patient, based on the patient's motor deficits, selecting therapeutic tasks based on the therapeutic goals ...
Engineer, Navzer Dara +3 more
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Neurosurgical Focus, 2009 Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) is a key tool in the treatment of patients with medically refractory epilepsy. Although the mechanism of action of VNS remains poorly understood, this modality is now the most widely used nonpharmacological treatment for drug-resistant epilepsy.
Dzenan, Lulic +4 more
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Is the vagus nerve our neural connectome? [PDF]
, 2018 What are the implications of the vagus nerve being able to mediate the time-dependent plasticity of an array of sensorimotor ...
Alvarez-Dieppa +7 more
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Neurophysiological investigations of drug resistant epilepsy patients treated with vagus nerve stimulation to differentiate responders from non-responders [PDF]
, 2020 Background and purpose In patients treated with vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) for drug resistant epilepsy (DRE), up to a third of patients will eventually not respond to the therapy.
Boon, Paul +13 more
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Strategies for precision vagus neuromodulation
Bioelectronic Medicine, 2022 The vagus nerve is involved in the autonomic regulation of physiological homeostasis, through vast innervation of cervical, thoracic and abdominal visceral organs.
Umair Ahmed +5 more
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The controversial role of the vagus nerve in mediating ghrelin's actions: gut feelings and beyond
IBRO Neuroscience Reports, 2022 Ghrelin is a stomach-derived peptide hormone that acts via the growth hormone secretagogue receptor (GHSR) and displays a plethora of neuroendocrine, metabolic, autonomic and behavioral actions.
Mario Perelló +5 more
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Noninvasive vagus nerve stimulation alters neural response and physiological autonomic tone to noxious thermal challenge. [PDF]
, 2019 The mechanisms by which noninvasive vagal nerve stimulation (nVNS) affect central and peripheral neural circuits that subserve pain and autonomic physiology are not clear, and thus remain an area of intense investigation.
Baker, Dewleen G +13 more
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Noninvasive vagus nerve stimulation as acute therapy for migraine. The randomized PRESTO study [PDF]
, 2018 Objective: To evaluate the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of noninvasive vagus nerve stimulation (nVNS; gammaCore; electroCore, LLC, Basking Ridge, NJ) for the acute treatment of migraine in a multicenter, double-blind, randomized, sham-controlled ...
Ambrosini, Anna +12 more
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Mechanical Ptosis in Neurofibromatosis Type 1 Heralding the Diagnosis of Right Sided Cervical Vagus Nerve Neurofibroma: A Rare Case Report [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2016 Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is an autosomal dominant, multisystem disorder. In NF1, involvement of vagus nerve can occur in the form of neurofibroma.
Jyotiranjan Mallick +4 more
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