Effect of chronic vagal nerve stimulation on interictal epileptiform discharges.

• Authors: KUBA Robert; NESVADBA David; BRÁZDIL Milan; OŠLEJŠKOVÁ Hana; RYZÍ Michal; REKTOR Ivan
• Year of publication: 2010
• Type: Article in Periodical
• Magazine / Source: Seizure
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Medicine
• Field: Neurology, neurosurgery, neurosciences
• Keywords: Vagal nerve stimulation; Electroencephalography; Epilepsy; Seizure
• Description: We evaluated the effect of vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) on interictal epileptiform discharges (IEDs) in 32 epileptic patients (18 females; 14 males) with an average age of 42.2 +/- 11.4 years, all of whom had been suffering from epilepsy for an average of 29.2 +/- 14.5 years. All of the patients had received VNS for 5 years.

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