Cardiac autonomic modulation in drug-resistant epilepsy patients after vagus nerve stimulation therapy | Zendy

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Cardiac autonomic modulation in drug-resistant epilepsy patients after vagus nerve stimulation therapy

Author(s) -

Victor Constantinescu,

Daniela Matei,

Irina Constantinescu,

Dan Iulian Cuciureanu

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

neurologia i neurochirurgia polska

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.484

H-Index - 26

eISSN - 1897-4260

pISSN - 0028-3843

DOI - 10.5603/pjnns.a2020.0044

Subject(s) - medicine , heart rate variability , vagus nerve stimulation , epilepsy , vagus nerve , autonomic nervous system , orthostatic vital signs , neurostimulation , heart rate , bradycardia , neuromodulation , anesthesia , cardiac function curve , cardiology , baroreflex , stimulation , blood pressure , heart failure , psychiatry

The positive effect of vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) in patients with drug-resistant epilepsy is considered to be mediated by the afferent pathways of the vagus nerve, but the efferent pathways may influence the cardiac autonomic activity.

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