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. 2020 Feb 28:14:160.
doi: 10.3389/fnins.2020.00160. eCollection 2020.

Probable Mechanism of Antiepileptic Effect of the Vagus Nerve Stimulation in the Context of the Recent Results in Sleep Research

Ivan N Pigarev  1 , Marina L Pigareva  2 , Ekaterina V Levichkina  1   3
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Probable Mechanism of Antiepileptic Effect of the Vagus Nerve Stimulation in the Context of the Recent Results in Sleep Research

Ivan N Pigarev et al. Front Neurosci. .
No abstract available

Keywords: antiepileptic effect; electric stimulation; epilepsy; vagus nerve; visceral theory of sleep.

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