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2001
Die Vagus-Nerv-Stimulation (VNS) stellt bei Patienten mit medikamentos therapierefraktarem Anfallsleiden und bei Patienten, die fur einen epilepsiechirurgischen Eingriff nicht in Frage kommen bzw. bei denen eine Operation keinen Erfolg erbrachte, eine mogliche therapeutische Option dar (Tabelle 18.1) (Fisher und Handforth 1999; Schmidt et al. 1999).
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Die Vagus-Nerv-Stimulation (VNS) stellt bei Patienten mit medikamentos therapierefraktarem Anfallsleiden und bei Patienten, die fur einen epilepsiechirurgischen Eingriff nicht in Frage kommen bzw. bei denen eine Operation keinen Erfolg erbrachte, eine mogliche therapeutische Option dar (Tabelle 18.1) (Fisher und Handforth 1999; Schmidt et al. 1999).
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Arrhythmias and vagus nerve stimulation
Heart Failure Reviews, 2010Enhancing vagal tone by delivering electrical stimulation to the vagal nerves (VNS) is emerging as a promising novel therapy in heart failure. In addition, VNS is already an FDA-approved therapy for refractory epilepsy and depression. Besides its well-known negative chronotropic, inotropic, and dromotropic effects, VNS has profound effects on cardiac ...
Youhua, Zhang, Todor N, Mazgalev
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Vagus nerve stimulation in depression
Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy, 2001Ever since the introduction of chemical and electrical convulsive treatment for psychiatric disorders in the 1930s and 1940s, biological techniques have been used extensively in the amelioration of a variety of psychiatric disorders. Techniques of recent vintage have included transcranial magnetic stimulation, deep brain stimulation and vagus nerve ...
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Vagus nerve stimulation for epilepsy
Practical Neurology, 2020Refractory epilepsy causes physical, psychological, psychiatric and social morbidities and carries an increased risk of premature mortality. Resective neurosurgery brings the possibility of long-term seizure remission in those with focal epilepsy, but is only suitable in approximately half of the patients who undergo presurgical evaluation,1 either ...
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What is Vagus Nerve Stimulation?
Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 2006<h4>EXCERPT</h4> <p>Pharmacotherapy is not effective for some patients, and there is a need for alternative therapies. In contrast to pharmacological treatments, therapeutic brain stimulation involves the electrical modulation of brain function.
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Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation
Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology, 2019Summary: Invasive vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) is an approved treatment for drug-resistant epilepsy. Besides recognized clinical efficacy in about 60% of patients, there are major drawbacks such as invasiveness and common side effects including hoarseness, sore throat, shortness of breath, and coughing.
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2011
In a recent paper (Nei et al. 2006), vagus nerve stimulation was assessed in terms of efficacy and safety as compared to corpus callosotomy. Results showed that although corpus callosotomy was more effective for generalized tonic clonic seizures and for atonic seizures, the risks and complications excelled those of vagus nerve stimulation by a ...
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In a recent paper (Nei et al. 2006), vagus nerve stimulation was assessed in terms of efficacy and safety as compared to corpus callosotomy. Results showed that although corpus callosotomy was more effective for generalized tonic clonic seizures and for atonic seizures, the risks and complications excelled those of vagus nerve stimulation by a ...
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The gut metabolite indole-3 propionate promotes nerve regeneration and repair
Nature, 2022, Guiping Kong, Luming Zhou
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