Vagus Nerve Stimulation

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• Vagus nerve stimulation — (VNS) is an adjunctive treatment for certain types of intractable epilepsy and major depression. VNS uses an implanted stimulator that sends electric impulses to the left vagus nerve in the neck via a lead wire implanted under the skin. TOC… …   Wikipedia

• Vagus nerve — Nerve: Vagus nerve Plan of upper portions of glossopharyngeal, vagus, and accessory nerves. Course …   Wikipedia

• vagal nerve stimulation — (VNS), vagus nerve stimulation delivery of electrical current to the left vagus nerve in the neck by means of an electronic pulse generator implanted in the chest, just under the clavicle; used in the treatment of epilepsy and intractable… …   Medical dictionary

• vagus nerve — noun a mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal viscera • Syn: ↑vagus, ↑nervus vagus, ↑pneumogastric, ↑pneumogastric nerve, ↑tenth cranial nerve, ↑wandering nerve •… …   Useful english dictionary

• Auricular branch of vagus nerve — Nerve: Alderman s nerve Plan of upper portions of glossopharyngeal, vagus, and accessory nerves. (Auricular labeled at top center.) Latin ramus auricularis nervi vagi Gray s …   Wikipedia

• Stimulation vagale — La stimulation vagale ou stimulation neuro vagale (SNV ou VNS pour vagus nerve stimulation en anglais) consiste à implanter un stimulateur électrique sous la peau du patient afin d exciter le nerf vague ou nerf pneumogastrique selon un programme… …   Wikipédia en Français

• nerve — noun 1 in the body ADJECTIVE ▪ pinched (AmE), trapped (BrE) ▪ sensitive ▪ damaged ▪ facial, optic, sciatic …   Collocations dictionary

• stimulation — 1. Arousal of the body or any of its parts or organs to increased functional activity. 2. The condition of being stimulated. 3. In neurophysiology, the application of a stimulus to a responsive structure, such as a nerve or muscle, regardless of… …   Medical dictionary

• Deep brain stimulation — Intervention DBS probes shown in X ray of the skull (white areas around maxilla and mandible represent metal dentures and are unrelated to DBS devices) …   Wikipedia

• Nerve — A bundle of fibers that uses electrical and chemical signals to transmit sensory and motor information from one body part to another. See nervous system. * * * A whitish cordlike structure composed of one or more bundles (fascicles) of myelinated …   Medical dictionary

• Implantable Gastric Stimulation — (IGS) is a pacemaker like device, where the pacemaker electrical leads are attached by a surgeon to the surface of the stomach. These devices are aimed at obesity management. This device works on either or both of the following principles. 1)… …   Wikipedia