Recent advance in treatment of refractory epilepsy by reactive nerve stimulation
10.3760/cma.j.cn115354-20221130-00868
- VernacularTitle:反应性神经刺激治疗难治性癫痫的新进展
- Author:
Yujing MIAO
1
;
Quan ZHU
Author Information
1. 山西医科大学第一临床医学院，太原 030001
- Keywords:
Neuromodulation;
Responsive neurostimulation;
Refractory epilepsy
- From:
Chinese Journal of Neuromedicine
2023;22(2):200-204
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Neuromodulation techniques as vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) and deep brain stimulation (DBS) play important roles in treating refractory focal epilepsy. In recent years, epileptogenic zone closed-loop responsive neurostimulator system (RNS) has been gradually put into clinical practice; in 2013, it was approved by U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as an adjuvant therapy for refractory epilepsy. This article reviews the development history, clinical application, anti-epileptic mechanism and future research directions of RNS to deepen the understanding of clinical workers.
