Biological Psychiatry
Volume 55, Issue 8 , Pages 816-825 , 15 April 2004

Acute vagus nerve stimulation using different pulse widths produces varying brain effects

  • Qiwen Mu

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Qiwen Mu, M.D., Ph.D., Brain Stimulation Laboratory, Medical University of South Carolina, Institute of Psychiatry, 502 N, 67 President Street, Charleston SC 29425, USA.
    • Center for Advanced Imaging (QM, DEB, ZN, JW, KAJ, SD, ML, PM, J-HC, MSG), Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
    • Brain Stimulation Laboratory (QM, ZN, BA, KAJ, J-HC, MSG), Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
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  • Daryl E Bohning

      Affiliations

    • Center for Advanced Imaging (QM, DEB, ZN, JW, KAJ, SD, ML, PM, J-HC, MSG), Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
    • Department of Radiology (DEB, JW, SD, ML, MSG), Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
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  • Ziad Nahas

      Affiliations

    • Center for Advanced Imaging (QM, DEB, ZN, JW, KAJ, SD, ML, PM, J-HC, MSG), Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
    • Brain Stimulation Laboratory (QM, ZN, BA, KAJ, J-HC, MSG), Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
    • ,
  • John Walker

      Affiliations

    • Center for Advanced Imaging (QM, DEB, ZN, JW, KAJ, SD, ML, PM, J-HC, MSG), Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
    • Department of Radiology (DEB, JW, SD, ML, MSG), Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
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  • Berry Anderson

      Affiliations

    • Brain Stimulation Laboratory (QM, ZN, BA, KAJ, J-HC, MSG), Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
    • ,
  • Kevin A Johnson

      Affiliations

    • Center for Advanced Imaging (QM, DEB, ZN, JW, KAJ, SD, ML, PM, J-HC, MSG), Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
    • Brain Stimulation Laboratory (QM, ZN, BA, KAJ, J-HC, MSG), Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
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  • Stewart Denslow

      Affiliations

    • Center for Advanced Imaging (QM, DEB, ZN, JW, KAJ, SD, ML, PM, J-HC, MSG), Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
    • Department of Radiology (DEB, JW, SD, ML, MSG), Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
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  • Mikhail Lomarev

      Affiliations

    • Center for Advanced Imaging (QM, DEB, ZN, JW, KAJ, SD, ML, PM, J-HC, MSG), Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
    • Department of Radiology (DEB, JW, SD, ML, MSG), Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
    • ,
  • Poya Moghadam

      Affiliations

    • Center for Advanced Imaging (QM, DEB, ZN, JW, KAJ, SD, ML, PM, J-HC, MSG), Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
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  • Jeong-Ho Chae

      Affiliations

    • Center for Advanced Imaging (QM, DEB, ZN, JW, KAJ, SD, ML, PM, J-HC, MSG), Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
    • Brain Stimulation Laboratory (QM, ZN, BA, KAJ, J-HC, MSG), Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
    • ,
  • Mark S George

      Affiliations

    • Center for Advanced Imaging (QM, DEB, ZN, JW, KAJ, SD, ML, PM, J-HC, MSG), Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
    • Brain Stimulation Laboratory (QM, ZN, BA, KAJ, J-HC, MSG), Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
    • Department of Radiology (DEB, JW, SD, ML, MSG), Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
    • Ralph H. Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center (MSG), Charleston, South Carolina, USA

Received 17 September 2003 ,Revised 1 December 2003 ,Accepted 3 December 2003.

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doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2003.12.004

Biological Psychiatry
Volume 55, Issue 8 , Pages 816-825 , 15 April 2004

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