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Noninvasive vagus nerve stimulation as acute therapy for migraine. The randomized PRESTO study [PDF]

open access: yes, 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
core   +2 more sources

Mortality and suicide risk in treatment-resistant depression: an observational study of the long-term impact of intervention.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2012
Major depressive disorder is a common global disease that causes a significant societal burden. Most interventional studies of depression provide a limited assessment of the interventions on mortality and suicide risks.
Bryan Olin   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Neuromodulation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Neuromodulation is a new promising treatment for headache disorders. It consists of peripheral nerve neurostimulation and central neurostimulation. © 2016, Touch Briefings.
Silberstein, Stephen
core   +2 more sources

Vagus Nerve Visualization Using Fused Images of 3D-CT Angiography and MRI as Preoperative Evaluation for Vagus Nerve Stimulation

open access: yesBrain Sciences, 2023
Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) is an effective surgical option for intractable epilepsy. Although the surgical procedure is not so complicated, vagus nerve detection is sometimes difficult due to its anatomical variations, which may lead to surgical ...
Shunsuke Nakae   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

New players in the preventive treatment of migraine. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Migraine is a common, chronic disorder of the brain causing much disability, as well as personal, familial and societal impact. Several oral preventive agents are available in different countries for the prevention of migraine, but none have performed ...
Mitsikostas, Dimos D, Rapoport, Alan M
core   +3 more sources

Methods, systems, and devices for pairing vagus nerve stimulation with motor therapy in stroke patients [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
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, Nazer   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Electrical stimulation of the vagus nerve protects against cerebral ischemic injury through an anti-infammatory mechanism

open access: yesNeural Regeneration Research, 2015
Vagus nerve stimulation exerts protective effects against ischemic brain injury; however, the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. In this study, a rat model of focal cerebral ischemia was established using the occlusion method, and the right vagus ...
Yao-xian Xiang   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Non-invasive Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation as a Potential Treatment for Covid19-Originated Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

open access: yesFrontiers in Physiology, 2020
Background: Covid-19 is an infectious disease caused by an invasion of the alveolar epithelial cells by coronavirus 19. The most severe outcome of the disease is the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) combined with hypoxemia and cardiovascular ...
Eugenijus Kaniusas   +15 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Flexible Platform for Biofeedback-driven Control and Personalization of Electrical Nerve Stimulation Therapy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Electrical vagus nerve stimulation is a treatment alternative for many epileptic and depressed patients whose symptoms are not well managed with pharmaceutical therapy.
Irazoqui, Pedro   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome: A State of the Art Review. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS) is a severe age-dependent epileptic encephalopathy usually with onset between 1 and 8 years of age. Functional neuroimaging studies recently introduced the concept of Lennox-Gastaut as "secondary network epilepsy" resulting ...
Mastrangelo, Mario
core   +1 more source

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