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Cervical vagus nerve morphometry and vascularity in the context of nerve stimulation - A cadaveric study

Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) has become a well-established therapy for epilepsy and depression, and is emerging to treat inflammatory disease, with the cervical vagus nerve (CVN) as major stimulation site. CVN morphometries are missing for VNS, considering its variability. Morphometric data were ob...

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Autores principales: Hammer, Niels, Löffler, Sabine, Cakmak, Yusuf Ozgur, Ondruschka, Benjamin, Planitzer, Uwe, Schultz, Michael, Winkler, Dirk, Weise, David
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5964190/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29789596
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-26135-8