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... > Therapeutics > Patient Care > Continuity of Patient Care > Aftercare > Rehabilitation > Physical Therapy Modalities > Electric Stimulation Therapy > Vagus Nerve Stimulation
... > Health Occupations > Health Services Administration > Patient Care Management > Comprehensive Health Care > Primary Health Care > Continuity of Patient Care > Aftercare > Rehabilitation > Physical Therapy Modalities > Electric Stimulation Therapy > Vagus Nerve Stimulation
... > Health Occupations > Medicine > Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine > Rehabilitation > Physical Therapy Modalities > Electric Stimulation Therapy > Vagus Nerve Stimulation

Preferred term

Vagus Nerve Stimulation  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Nerve Stimulations, Vagal
  • Nerve Stimulation, Vagal
  • Stimulations, Vagal Nerve
  • Stimulation, Vagal Nerve
  • Vagal Nerve Stimulation
  • Vagal Nerve Stimulations

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 2009

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URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D055536

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