Brain functional connectivity and network characteristics changes after vagus nerve stimulation in patients with refractory epilepsy

Ding Yongqiang; Guo Kunlin; Wang Xinjun; Chen Mingming; Li Xinxiao; Wu Yuehui

doi:10.1515/tnsci-2022-0308

Translational Neuroscience (Sep 2023)

Brain functional connectivity and network characteristics changes after vagus nerve stimulation in patients with refractory epilepsy

Ding Yongqiang,
Guo Kunlin,
Wang Xinjun,
Chen Mingming,
Li Xinxiao,
Wu Yuehui

Affiliations

Ding Yongqiang: Department of Neurosurgery, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
Guo Kunlin: Henan Key Laboratory of Brain Science and Brain–Computer Interface Technology, School of Electrical and Information Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
Wang Xinjun: Department of Neurosurgery, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
Chen Mingming: Henan Key Laboratory of Brain Science and Brain–Computer Interface Technology, School of Electrical and Information Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
Li Xinxiao: Department of Neurosurgery, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
Wu Yuehui: Department of Neurosurgery, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/tnsci-2022-0308
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 617 – 23

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This study aims to investigate the impact of vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) on the connectivity and small-world metrics of brain functional networks during seizure periods.

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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