Vagus Nerve Stimulation

"Vagus Nerve Stimulation" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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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
MeSH Number(s)	E02.331.900
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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Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Therapeutics [E02]
Electric Stimulation Therapy [E02.331]
Vagus Nerve Stimulation [E02.331.900]

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2009	1	1	2
2010	1	0	1
2011	1	0	1
2013	0	1	1
2014	1	0	1
2015	5	0	5
2016	2	0	2
2017	1	1	2
2018	1	1	2
2019	1	0	1
2020	1	0	1
2021	0	1	1
2022	2	0	2
2023	1	0	1

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Malakouti N, Serruya MD, Cramer SC, Kimberley TJ, Rosenwasser RH. Making Sense of Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Stroke. Stroke. 2024 02; 55(2):519-522.

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Simpson HD, Schulze-Bonhage A, Cascino GD, Fisher RS, Jobst BC, Sperling MR, Lundstrom BN. Practical considerations in epilepsy neurostimulation. Epilepsia. 2022 10; 63(10):2445-2460.

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Najib U, Smith T, Hindiyeh N, Saper J, Nye B, Ashina S, McClure CK, Marmura MJ, Chase S, Liebler E, Lipton RB. Non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation for prevention of migraine: The multicenter, randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled PREMIUM II trial. Cephalalgia. 2022 06; 42(7):560-569.

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Salanova V, Sperling MR, Gross RE, Irwin CP, Vollhaber JA, Giftakis JE, Fisher RS. The SANT? study at 10 years of follow-up: Effectiveness, safety, and sudden unexpected death in epilepsy. Epilepsia. 2021 06; 62(6):1306-1317.

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Silberstein SD, Yuan H, Najib U, Ailani J, Morais AL, Mathew PG, Liebler E, Tassorelli C, Diener HC. Non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation for primary headache: A clinical update. Cephalalgia. 2020 10; 40(12):1370-1384.

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de Coo IF, Marin JC, Silberstein SD, Friedman DI, Gaul C, McClure CK, Tyagi A, Liebler E, Tepper SJ, Ferrari MD, Goadsby PJ. Differential efficacy of non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation for the acute treatment of episodic and chronic cluster headache: A meta-analysis. Cephalalgia. 2019 Jul; 39(8):967-977.

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Delfiner MS, Nofi C, Li Y, Gerdes AM, Zhang Y. Failing Hearts Are More Vulnerable to Sympathetic, but Not Vagal Stimulation-Induced, Atrial Fibrillation-Ameliorated with Dantrolene Treatment. J Card Fail. 2018 Jul; 24(7):460-469.

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Ryvlin P, So EL, Gordon CM, Hesdorffer DC, Sperling MR, Devinsky O, Bunker MT, Olin B, Friedman D. Long-term surveillance of SUDEP in drug-resistant epilepsy patients treated with VNS therapy. Epilepsia. 2018 03; 59(3):562-572.

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Silberstein SD, Calhoun AH, Treppendahl C, Dodick DW, Rapoport AM, Mamidi A, Vargas P, Ebert TH, Tepper SJ. The emerging role of gammaCore? in the management of cluster headache: expert panel recommendations. Am J Manag Care. 2017 Nov; 23(17 Suppl):S326-S333.

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Luat AF, Asano E, Kumar A, Chugani HT, Sood S. Corpus Callosotomy for Intractable Epilepsy Revisited: The Children's Hospital of Michigan Series. J Child Neurol. 2017 06; 32(7):624-629.

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