Electric Stimulation
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Vagus nerve stimulation for refractory epilepsy in children: More to VNS than seizure frequency reduction.

13 Dec 2009 PURPOSE: Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) is used increasingly as adjunctive therapy for refractory epilepsy. Studies of VNS in children report mainly seizure frequency reduction as a measure of efficacy and clinical details are often scanty. We report ... Read more...

In vivo measurement of somatodendritic release of dopamine in the ventral tegmental area.

30 Oct 2009 The ventral tegmental area (VTA), the locus of mesolimbic dopamine cell bodies, contains dopamine. Experiments in brain slices have demonstrated that VTA dopamine can be released by local electrical stimulation. Measurements with both push-pull ... Read more...

The effects of ultrasound guidance and neurostimulation on the minimum effective anesthetic volume of mepivacaine 1.5% required to block the sciatic nerve using the subgluteal approach.

30 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: We tested the hypothesis that ultrasound (US) guidance may reduce the minimum effective anesthetic volume (MEAV(50)) of 1.5% mepivacaine required to block the sciatic nerve with a subgluteal approach compared with neurostimulation (NS). ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Electric Stimulation'

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• Vagus nerve stimulation for refractory epilepsy in children: More to VNS than seizure frequency reduction. 13 Dec 2009
• In vivo measurement of somatodendritic release of dopamine in the ventral tegmental area. 30 Oct 2009
• Tube-in-tube emergency airway management after a bitten endotracheal tube caused by repetitive transcranial electrical stimulation during spinal cord surgery. 30 Oct 2009
• The effects of ultrasound guidance and neurostimulation on the minimum effective anesthetic volume of mepivacaine 1.5% required to block the sciatic nerve using the subgluteal approach. 30 Oct 2009
• The effect of a thoracic spinal block on fos expression in the lumbar spinal cord of the rat induced by a noxious electrical stimulus at the hindpaw. 30 Oct 2009
• Theta oscillations provide temporal windows for local circuit computation in the entorhinal-hippocampal loop. 27 Oct 2009
• Metaplasticity governs natural experience-driven plasticity of nascent embryonic brain circuits. 27 Oct 2009
• ELKS2alpha/CAST deletion selectively increases neurotransmitter release at inhibitory synapses. 27 Oct 2009
• Evidence against AMPA receptor-lacking glutamatergic synapses in the superficial dorsal horn of the rat spinal cord. 19 Oct 2009
• Kv7/KCNQ channels control action potential phasing of pyramidal neurons during hippocampal gamma oscillations in vitro. 19 Oct 2009
• The time course of dopamine transmission in the ventral tegmental area. 19 Oct 2009
• In vivo role of a potassium channel-binding protein in regulating neuronal excitability and behavior. 19 Oct 2009
• Endocannabinoid-dependent homeostatic regulation of inhibitory synapses by miniature excitatory synaptic activities. 19 Oct 2009
• Mrgprd-expressing polymodal nociceptive neurons innervate most known classes of substantia gelatinosa neurons. 19 Oct 2009
• Functional recovery after lesion of a central pattern generator. 19 Oct 2009
• T-type calcium channel inhibition underlies the analgesic effects of the endogenous lipoamino acids. 19 Oct 2009
• Writing memories with light-addressable reinforcement circuitry. 14 Oct 2009
• Fast synaptic subcortical control of hippocampal circuits. 14 Oct 2009
• Bestrophin-1 encodes for the Ca2+-activated anion channel in hippocampal astrocytes. 12 Oct 2009
• Mechanisms underlying directional selectivity for frequency-modulated sweeps in the inferior colliculus revealed by in vivo whole-cell recordings. 12 Oct 2009

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Technical information about 'Electric Stimulation'

Definition: Use of electric potential or currents to elicit biological responses.

Descriptor UI: D004558

Alternative terms: Electric Stimulation; Electrical Stimulation; Electrical Stimulations; Stimulation, Electrical; Stimulations, Electrical; Stimulation, Electric; Electric Stimulations; Stimulations, Electric;

Related Mesh Headings: Cardiac Pacing, Artificial; Chronaxy; Electric Countershock; Electroshock; Deep Brain Stimulation;

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects; instrumentation; methods;

Tree Number: E05.723.402;

History Note: 65(64)

Technical Notes: NIM; used therapeutically = ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY