Human vagus nerve branching in the cervical region.

Human vagus nerve branching in the cervical region.

BACKGROUND:Vagus nerve stimulation is increasingly applied to treat epilepsy, psychiatric conditions and potentially chronic heart failure. After implanting vagus nerve electrodes to the cervical vagus nerve, side effects such as voice alterations and dyspnea or missing therapeutic effects are obser...

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Main Authors: Niels Hammer, Juliane Glätzner, Christine Feja, Christian Kühne, Jürgen Meixensberger, Uwe Planitzer, Stefan Schleifenbaum, Bernhard N Tillmann, Dirk Winkler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4332499?pdf=render

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