Journal article
Balance and Cognitive Impairment in Two Epileptic Patients Before and After Vagal Nerve Stimulation
Abstract
Balance and cognition were assessed in two patients with uncontrolled complex partial seizures. The patients were on anticonvulsant medications and were treated with left vagal stimulation. Balance and cognition were assessed before and after vagal stimulation, and the results were compared with age matched controls and older patients with Parkinson's disease. Severe impairments of function were found in the epileptic patients, and such …
Authors
CLARKE BM; UPTON A; GRIFFIN H; HUDOBA P
Journal
Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology, Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 77–85
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
January 1991
DOI
10.1111/j.1540-8159.1991.tb04051.x
ISSN
0147-8389