vagal nerve stimulation is used to treat epilepsy

One of [them] obviously, of course, involved with epilepsy. It turns out that stimulation of this nerve can actually desynchronize the EEG, where synchrony in the EEG is the sign of epilepsy, or of active seizure.

Source: Fixing the Brain With Computers - IEEE Spectrum

added 2012-03-19T16:53:05Z by anders

Tags: neuroscience epilepsy medicine