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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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Vagus Nerve Stimulation in Refractory Epilepsy: Effects on Pro- and Anti-Inflammatory Cytokines in Peripheral Blood [PDF]
, 2010 Objective: The vagus nerve has important immunological functions that may be relevant for its anticonvulsive action. We postulate that this anticonvulsive action is activated by a shift in the immune system resulting in a reduction of neurotoxic and an ...
J.S.H. Vles +15 more
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Descending pathways from hypothalamus to dorsal motor vagus and ambiguus nuclei in the rat [PDF]
, 1984 The anatomical pathways between the hypothalamus and cell groups of the lower medulla that are involved in the neural control of endocrine pancreas activity were investigated.
KUIPERS, F +9 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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Current Behavioral Neuroscience Reports, 2014 The vagus nerve is a major component of the autonomic nervous system, has an important role in the regulation of metabolic homeostasis, and plays a key role in the neuroendocrine-immune axis to maintain homeostasis through its afferent and efferent pathways.
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Do the psychological effects of vagus nerve stimulation partially mediate vagal pain modulation?
Neurobiology of Pain, 2017 There is preclinical and clinical evidence that vagus nerve stimulation modulates both pain and mood state. Mechanistic studies show brainstem circuitry involved in pain modulation by vagus nerve stimulation, but little is known about possible indirect ...
Eleni Frangos +2 more
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Frontiers in Physiology, 2022 Vagus nerve stimulation is an emerging therapy that seeks to offset pathological conditions by electrically stimulating the vagus nerve through cuff electrodes, where an electrical pulse is defined by several parameters such as pulse amplitude, pulse ...
Andrew Branen +4 more
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Epilepsy & Behavior Reports, 2023 Vagus nerve stimulation is a neuromodulatory treatment option for individuals with drug resistant epilepsy who are not resective surgical candidates.
Hannah E. Snyder +7 more
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Selective optogenetic stimulation of efferent fibers in the vagus nerve of a large mammal [PDF]
, 2020 BACKGROUND: Electrical stimulation applied to individual organs, peripheral nerves, or specific brain regions has been used to treat a range of medical conditions.
Hood, SG +20 more
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Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Seizures
Archives of Medical Research, 2000 It is agreed that 1% of the general population is afflicted with epilepsy and close to 30% of epilepsy patients are intractable to medications. In spite of a recent increase in the number of new medications that are available on the market, many patients continue to have seizures or their seizures are controlled at the expense of intolerable side ...
Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, University of Florida, and College of Medicine and Malcolm Randall Veterans Administration Medical Center (VAMC), Gainesville, FL, USA ( host institution ) +1 more
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