Can Vagus Nerve Stimulation Help to Prevent Seizures?
The vagus nerve controls a lot of the neurological activity of the body. In this video, family physician Sharecare Advisory Board member Daniel Spogen, MD, explains that vagus nerve stimulation may help to treat seizures.
Transcript
The vagus nerve is one of the biggest nerves in the body and it controls a lot of the activity of the body, the neurologic activity. So
they've been trying a bunch of different techniques for seizure control in those hard to treat patients, and vagus nerve stimulation
has been one of the ways that they've been able to help some of those really hard to treat seizure disorders.
epilepsy
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