Electroceuticals : Advances in Electrostimulation Therapies

This book covers recent advances in the use of electrostimulation therapies in movement disorders, epilepsy, inflammatory bowel disease, memory and cognition, disorders of consciousness, foot drop, dysphagia, brain injury, headache, heart failure, hearing loss, and rheumatoid arthritis. It describes...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors Majid, Arshad (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9783319286129
DOI10.1007/978-3-319-28612-9
Physical DescriptionXIII, 346 p. 53 illus., 44 illus. in color. online resource.

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Table of Contents:
  • The use of electroceuticals and neuromodulation in the treatment of migraine and other headaches
  • VNS for Treatment of Inflammatory Joint Diseases.- Electroceutical Approaches for the Treatment of Traumatic Brain Injury
  • Deep Brain Stimulation for movement disorders other than Parkinson's disease
  • Deep Brain Stimuliaton for Parkinson Disease
  • Electrical stimulation for the treatment of dysphagia
  • Vagal Nerve Stimulation for the Treatment of Heart Failure
  • VNS Therapy for the Treatment of Epilepsy
  • VNS for the treatment of inflammatory disorders of the gastrointestinal tract
  • Electrodiagnostics
  • Functional Electrical Stimulation to treat foot drop as a result of an upper motor neuron lesion
  • Electrical Stimulation for Modification of Memory and Cognition
  • Neuromodulation of Consciousness Disorders.