Epilepsy vagal nerve stimulation

Neurostimulators are much like cardiac pacemakers, except they apply small electrical signals to nerve tissue. Devices are available for spinal cord stimulation to manage chronic pain, vagal nerve stimulation to control epilepsy and deep depression, and deep brain stimulation to help relieve symptoms of Parkinson s disease and other neurological disorders. 

Other devices have functions similar to those of pacemakers and can be used for other purposes such as pain relief. A fxmctional nemomuscular stimulator can be used to help paraplegic patients and make them walk from 30 ft up to 1 mi. An electrical stimulus of 50 Hz for the ventral intermediate thalamic nucleus can be used to reduce tremor of Parkinson patients. Since 1997, over 14,000 patients have been treated. Incontinence can be treated by stimulation of the sacral nerve, and epilepsy can be treated by stimulation of the vagal nerve. 

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