"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 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 2022 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2024 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Vagus Nerve Stimulation" by people in Profiles.
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Comparative efficacy and safety of mid-neck vs. supraclavicular vagus nerve stimulation in pediatric drug-resistant epilepsy. Childs Nerv Syst. 2024 Nov 30; 41(1):21.
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Expert opinion on use of vagus nerve stimulation therapy in the management of pediatric epilepsy: A Delphi consensus study. Seizure. 2024 Dec; 123:97-103.
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Vagus nerve stimulation recruits the central cholinergic system to enhance perceptual learning. Nat Neurosci. 2024 Nov; 27(11):2152-2166.
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Stimulated Vocal Fold Immobility After Vagal Nerve Stimulator Placement: A Case Series. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 2024 Nov; 133(11):928-932.
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National 22-year epilepsy surgery landscape shows increasing open and minimally invasive pediatric epilepsy surgery. Epilepsia. 2024 Aug; 65(8):2423-2437.
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Electrical stimulation of the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus in male mice can regulate inflammation without affecting the heart rate. Brain Behav Immun. 2024 Aug; 120:630-639.
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Vagus nerve stimulation and heart rate variability: A scoping review of a somatic oscillatory signal. Clin Neurophysiol. 2024 04; 160:95-107.
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Added value of corpus callosotomy following vagus nerve stimulation in children with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome: A multicenter, multinational study. Epilepsia. 2023 Dec; 64(12):3205-3212.
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Neuro-stimulation in focal epilepsy: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Epilepsy Behav. 2023 05; 142:109182.
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Neurostimulation in generalized epilepsy: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Epilepsia. 2023 04; 64(4):811-820.