Transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation in the treatment of drug-resistant epilepsy
von Wrede R, Surges R
Autonomic Neuroscience · 2021
Key finding
Seizure severity scores were provided in 4 studies, showing significant improvement in two of them.
- Condition
- Epilepsy
- Stimulation
- taVNS
- Evidence tier
- Narrative / Scoping Review
- Participants
- 118
Cite this study
von Wrede, R., & Surges, R. (2021). Transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation in the treatment of drug-resistant epilepsy. Autonomic Neuroscience, 235, 102840. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autneu.2021.102840
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