"Vagus Nerve Stimulation" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An adjunctive treatment for PARTIAL EPILEPSY and refractory DEPRESSION that delivers electrical impulses to the brain via the VAGUS NERVE. A battery implanted under the skin supplies the energy.
| Descriptor ID |
D055536
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.331.900
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| Concept/Terms |
Vagus Nerve Stimulation- Vagus Nerve Stimulation
- Nerve Stimulation, Vagus
- Nerve Stimulations, Vagus
- Stimulation, Vagus Nerve
- Stimulations, Vagus Nerve
- Vagus Nerve Stimulations
- Vagal Nerve Stimulation
- Nerve Stimulation, Vagal
- Nerve Stimulations, Vagal
- Stimulation, Vagal Nerve
- Stimulations, Vagal Nerve
- Vagal Nerve Stimulations
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| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Vagus Nerve Stimulation" by people in Profiles.
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Setting Up a Successful Vagus Nerve Stimulation Service for Patients With Difficult-to-Treat Depression. Neuromodulation. 2022 Apr; 25(3):316-326.
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Surgical Treatments of Epilepsy. Semin Neurol. 2020 Dec; 40(6):696-707.
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Abdominal Epilepsy Treated With Vagal Nerve Stimulation: A Case Report. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown). 2019 08 01; 17(2):E73-E76.
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Do certain subpopulations of adults with drug-resistant epilepsy respond better to modified ketogenic diet treatments? Evaluation based on prior resective surgery, type of epilepsy, imaging abnormalities, and vagal nerve stimulation. Epilepsy Behav. 2019 04; 93:119-124.
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A 5-Year Observational Study of Patients With Treatment-Resistant Depression Treated With Vagus Nerve Stimulation or Treatment as Usual: Comparison of Response, Remission, and Suicidality. Am J Psychiatry. 2017 07 01; 174(7):640-648.
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The appropriate use of neurostimulation: stimulation of the intracranial and extracranial space and head for chronic pain. Neuromodulation Appropriateness Consensus Committee. Neuromodulation. 2014 Aug; 17(6):551-70; discussion 570.
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Feasibility of percutaneous vagus nerve stimulation for the treatment of acute asthma exacerbations. Acad Emerg Med. 2012 Apr; 19(4):421-9.
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A pilot study of vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) for treatment-resistant anxiety disorders. Brain Stimul. 2008 Apr; 1(2):112-21.