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Papers: 21 Sep 2019 - 27 Sep 2019


Human Studies


2019 Nov


Ann Neurol


86


5

Connectomic Profiling Identifies Responders to Vagus Nerve Stimulation.

Authors

Mithani K, Mikhail M, Morgan BR, Wong S, Weil AG, Deschenes S, Wang S, Bernal B, Guillen MR, Ochi A, Otsubo H, Yau I, Lo W, Pang E, Holowka S, Snead CO, Donner E, Rutka JT, Go C, Widjaja E, et al.
Ann Neurol. 2019 Nov; 86(5):743-753.
PMID: 31393626.

Abstract

Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) is a common treatment for medically intractable epilepsy, but response rates are highly variable, with no preoperative means of identifying good candidates. This study aimed to predict VNS response using structural and functional connectomic profiling.