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     • When it’s activated, the VNS device sends an electrical signal from the vagus nerve to the brain. Stimulation by the device can help to regulate signalling in the brain. This reduces the overactive signalling that causes seizures in Dravet Syndrome.
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   What is vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) therapy?

   • Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) therapy is a treatment for epilepsy that involves a stimulator (or ‘pulse generator’) which is connected, inside the body, to the left vagus nerve in the neck. The stimulator sends regular, mild electrical stimulations through this nerve to help calm down the irregular electrical brain activity that leads to seizures.

   Factsheet 6 VNS therapy - Epilepsy Society

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   Can vagus nerve stimulation help with epilepsy?

   • If you have seizures which can’t be controlled with epilepsy medicines, and you are not able to have epilepsy brain surgery, then vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) therapy may be an option for you. The aim of VNS therapy is to reduce the number of seizures you have and make them less severe.

   Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) therapy - Epilepsy Action

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   How does VNS therapy work?

   • The aim of VNS therapy is to reduce the number of seizures you have and make them less severe. VNS therapy involves having a small device, called a generator, implanted under the skin of your chest. The generator sends electrical pulses to your brain through a lead attached to a nerve in your neck called the vagus nerve.

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   What does a vagus nerve do?

   • The vagus nerves are a pair of nerves that go from the brain and run through other parts of the body. They send and receive messages between the brain and the rest of the body. What is the aim of the VNS? VNS can help reduce the frequency and duration of seizures for adults with epilepsy. How does VNS therapy work?

   Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS) - what is it? - St George's Hospital

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   How long does a vagus nerve stimulator last?

   • The stimulator has a battery inside it, which can last approximately five years. When the battery is low, the stimulator needs to be replaced during an operation similar to when it was put in. Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) therapy is a form of treatment for people with epilepsy whose seizures are not controlled with medication.

   VNS therapy - Epilepsy Society

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   How does VNS therapy work for epilepsy?

   • VNS can help reduce the frequency and duration of seizures for adults with epilepsy. How does VNS therapy work? A small pacemaker-like medical device (called the pulse generator) that is implanted under the skin in the left side of the chest. A thin, flexible wire, called a lead, which connects the pulse generator to the left vagus nerve.

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   What is Vagus Nerve Stimulator (VNS) therapy? VNS therapy involves implanting a small electrical device, like a pacemaker, under the skin just behind the shoulder blade. This is then connected to the vagus nerve, just beside the trachea.

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   Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) therapy is a treatment for epilepsy that involves a stimulator (or ‘pulse generator’) which is connected, inside the body, to the left vagus nerve in the neck. The stimulator sends regular, mild electrical stimulations through this nerve to help calm down the irregular electrical brain activity that leads to ...

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   VNS therapy uses the VNS system, which is made up of three parts: A small pacemaker-like medical device (called the pulse generator) that is implanted under the skin in the left side of the chest. A thin, flexible wire, called a lead, which connects the pulse generator to the left vagus nerve. A hand-held magnet.

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   Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) therapy is a treatment for drug-resistant epilepsy that involves a stimulator (or ‘pulse generator’) which is connected, inside the body, to the left vagus nerve in the neck.

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   A cat amygdala kindling seizure model suggested a partial anti-epileptogenic effect of VNS. Positron emission tomography (PET) scanning showed increased blood flow in the thalamus, hypothalamus, and the insular cortex with decreased blood flow in the amygdala, hippocampus, and posterior cingulate.

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   If you have seizures which can’t be controlled with epilepsy medicines, and you are not able to have epilepsy brain surgery, then vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) therapy may be an option for you. The aim of VNS therapy is to reduce the number of seizures you have and make them less severe.