The effect of chronic Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS) on the central conduction time assessed by multimodal evoked potentials in patients with drug resistant epilepsy: preliminary report

• Published in: Neurologia i neurochirurgia polska Vol. 37; no. 5; p. 1113
• Main Authors: Rysz, Andrzej, Koszewski, Waldemar
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Polish
• Published: Poland 01.09.2003
• Subjects: Adult; Drug Resistance; Electric Stimulation Therapy - instrumentation; Electric Stimulation Therapy - methods; Electrodes, Implanted; Epilepsy - physiopathology; Epilepsy - therapy; Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Brain Stem; Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Middle Aged; Neural Pathways; Pilot Projects; Prostheses and Implants; Severity of Illness Index; Time Factors; Treatment Outcome; Vagus Nerve - physiopathology

Changes over time in evoked potentials of various modality (VEP, SSEP and BAEP) were analyzed in 3 patients, submitted to chronic Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS) due to drug resistant epilepsy. The aim of a study was to establish which cerebral structures are most prone to change their baseline electr...