Balance and cognitive impairment in two epileptic patients before and after vagal nerve stimulation
| Autor: | Beverley M. Clarke, Peter Hudoba, Helene M. Griffin, Adrian R.M. Upton |
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| Rok vydání: | 1991 |
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Male Time Factors Vagal nerve medicine.medical_treatment Stimulation Electric Stimulation Therapy Disease Epilepsy Cognition Reaction Time Medicine Humans Cognitive impairment Postural Balance Balance (ability) business.industry Valproic Acid Parkinson Disease Vagus Nerve General Medicine medicine.disease Anticonvulsant Carbamazepine Epilepsy Temporal Lobe Anesthesia Phenobarbital Phenytoin Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business |
| Zdroj: | Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE. 14(1) |
| ISSN: | 0147-8389 |
| Popis: | Balance and cognition were assessed in two patients with uncontrolled complex partial seizures. The patients were on anticonvulsant medications and were treated with left vagal stimulation. Balance and cognition were assessed be/ore and after vagal stimulation, and the results were compared with age matched controls and older patients with Parkinson's disease. Severe impairments of function were found in the epileptic patients, and such negative effects of medication make vagal stimulation a potentially practical alternative treatment for uncontrolled epilepsy. |
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