209 research outputs found
Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation for Facial Pain
No full textTranscutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) has been used for its analgesic effects for chronic pain, including facial pain. Here, we summarize how the electrical stimulation of branches of the trigeminal nerve via TENS has been utilized to reduce pain resulting from trigeminal neuralgia, temporomandibular joint disorder, migraine and other headache types, and ocular pain sensations. TENS has been used for both short-term (one session) and long-term (multiple sessions) pain control with little to no adverse effects reported by subjects. The results of the summarized studies suggest TENS is an effective non-invasive, non-pharmacologic means of pain control for patients with facial pain conditions
Vagal Nerve Stimulation in Treatment of Refractory Major Depression
No full textVagal nerve stimulation (VNS) for treatment of refractory major depression (TRMD) has been explored as an alternative to electroconvulsive therapy and ablative neurosurgery. VNS describes a procedure whereby the cervical portion of the left vagus nerve (VN) is stimulated electrically. A robust assessment of the "adequacy" of treatments (pharmacological, psychological, and ECT) must be conducted before a surgeon is approached to consider implantation of a VNS system. This chapter provides a list of measures, or suitable alternatives, which usually forms the core of a comprehensive assessment battery for patients with refractory major depression who are to be treated with VNS. VNS therapy has also been shown, using functional magnetic resonance imaging in major depressive disorder (MDD) patients, to be associated with ventromedial prefrontal cortex deactivation and activation of the right insular cortex. All patients should be kept under close clinical review and, where appropriate, clinical outcomes should be fully reported.</p
Systems Neuroscience 2021 Top Papers: An Editorial Summary
No full textMany years ago, before the Internet and the introduction of the electronic publications, bibliographical research was conducted in physical libraries, and the most commonly used source of information was the regularly updated Index Medicus, a multi-volume treatise that for 125 years summarized and indexed all published medical literature, classifying it by keywords and subject headings [...
Spontaneous Disappearance of Large Herniated Disk Fragments
No full textSpontaneous disappearance of large herniated disk fragment
Commentary: Development and Evaluation of a Preoperative Trigeminal Neuralgia Scoring System to Predict Long-Term Outcome Following Microvascular Decompression
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