TREATMENT OPTIONS : VAGUSNERVE ...
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Serene L.Posted
Sun 24 Aug 2008 2:21pm
TREATMENT OPTIONS : VAGUSNERVE STIMULATION
Vagusnerve stimulation therapy is another form of treatment that may be tried when medications fail to stop seizures... by sending regular small pulses of electrical energy to the brain via the vagusnerve, a large nerve in the neck.
The energy is delivered by a flat, round battery, about
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Resistant Depression Looks to the VagusNerve Stimulator
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Dr. DebPosted
Wed 07 Jan 2009 6:52pm
psychological and psychiatric disorders. On July 15, 2005, the FDA approved VagusNerve Stimulation as a treatment for chronic depression.
The VagusNerve Stimulator (VNS) is not related to brain surgery, although it is a treatment that affects the function of the brain. VNS uses specific stimulation of the vagusnerve to send stimulation to specific parts
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Vagus Nerve and Neurogenic Inflammation: Their Role in GERD
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Dr. Kurt BarrettPosted
Sun 19 Feb 2012 12:36am
The autonomic nervous system (ANS or visceral nervous system) is part of the peripheral nervous system that acts as a control system functioning largely below the level of consciousness while it controls visceral (the “inner parts” of the body) functions. The ANS affects heart rate, digestion, respiration rate, salivation, perspiration, diam ...
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Love your vagusnerve
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Broken BrilliantPosted
Sun 25 Apr 2010 12:00am
click on it to zoom in. Check out all the parts of your body that are affected by the vagusnerve (or “nerveX” as it’s sometimes called) — that starts up in the right-hand corner...
One of the great mysteries of life, is how the vagusnerve can be so widely ignored. It’s the biggest nerve in the body and it extends from brain (starting near the carotid
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Deep Brain Stimulation for Fibromyalgia?
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DebPosted
Sun 16 Mar 2008 12:29pm
The medical community is beginning to latch on to a new treatment for depression called vagusnerve stimulation. St. Jude Medical and Mayo Clinic have dedicated web pages on the procedure. In late 2007, an article was printed in Science Daily which explains how the brain and the immune system are interconnected through the vagusnerveRead on »
Deep Brain Stimulation for Fibromyalgia?
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DebPosted
Fri 03 Oct 2008 11:31am
The medical community is beginning to latch on to a new treatment for depression called vagusnerve stimulation. St. Jude Medical and Mayo Clinic have dedicated web pages on the procedure. In late 2007, an article was printed in Science Daily which explains how the brain and the immune system are interconnected through the vagusnerve. "It turns out
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VNS for Fibromyalgia follow-up
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DebPosted
Wed 02 Apr 2008 1:51pm
Thanks to "earthling" for posting a link to a study on vagusnerve stimulation for persons with fibromyalgia. If you might be interested in participating in the trial... involved in pain transmission at both spinal and supraspinal levels,stimulation of the vagusnerve might reduce pain and improve quality of life. Cyberonics, Inc. is the manufacturer
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VNS for Fibromyalgia follow-up
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DebPosted
Fri 03 Oct 2008 11:31am
Thanks to "earthling" for posting a link to a study on vagusnerve stimulation for persons with fibromyalgia. If you might be interested in participating in the trial, info... in pain transmission at both spinal and supraspinal levels,stimulation of the vagusnerve might reduce pain and improve quality of life. Cyberonics, Inc. is the manufacturer
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Zap that ED away!
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LauraPosted
Tue 26 Aug 2008 11:05am
Always on the lookout for innovations in treatment, today was the first time I've heard report of using deep brain stimulation for anorexia . Small study, extreme cases, but interesting.
DBS has been used to treat Parkinson's and depression . And vagusnerve stimulation has been used with bulimia , depression, and epilepsy.
It makes you wonder
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Cure for Hiccups
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Kris K.Posted
Tue 26 Aug 2008 1:09pm
was on the other side of the page.
There was an article about a new devise that you could purchase (for a high price) to stop hiccups. The devise stimulated the vagusnerve and thus stopped the hiccups. The writer went on to discuss how the vagusnerve was related to hiccups.
Being a Yogi and frequent hiccup sufferer, I found this fascinating. The Throat
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