Heart rate variability and vagus nerve stimulation in epilepsy patients

Constantinescu Victor; Matei Daniela; Constantinescu Irina; Cuciureanu Dan Iulian

doi:10.1515/tnsci-2019-0036

Translational Neuroscience (Aug 2019)

Heart rate variability and vagus nerve stimulation in epilepsy patients

Constantinescu Victor,
Matei Daniela,
Constantinescu Irina,
Cuciureanu Dan Iulian

Affiliations

Constantinescu Victor: Neurology Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Iasi, IasiRomania
Matei Daniela: Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medical Bioengineering, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Iasi, IasiRomania
Constantinescu Irina: Neurology Department, Regional Hospital of Orléans, OrléansFrance
Cuciureanu Dan Iulian: Neurology Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Iasi, IasiRomania

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/tnsci-2019-0036
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 223 – 232

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Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) exerts a cortical modulating effect through its diffuse projections, especially involving cerebral structures related to autonomic regulation. The influence of VNS on cardiovascular autonomic function in drug-resistant epilepsy patients is still debated. We aimed to evaluate the impact of VNS on cardiovascular autonomic function in drug-resistant epilepsy patients, after three months of neurostimulation, using the heart rate variability (HRV) analysis.

Published in Translational Neuroscience

ISSN: 2081-6936 (Online)
Publisher: De Gruyter
Country of publisher: Poland
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
Website: http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/tnsci

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