
Brain stimulation, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 17(1), С. 83 - 88
Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2024
No study on neurostimulation in narcolepsy is available until now. Arousal- and wake-promoting effects of vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) have been demonstrated animal experiments are well-known as side VNS therapy epilepsy depression. The objective was to evaluate the therapeutic effect daily sleepiness cataplexies narcolepsy. In our open-label prospective comparative study, we included patients who were treated with because depression or compared them controls without for (18 each group, aged 31.5 ± 8.2 years). We evaluated (Epworth Sleepiness Scale, ESS) number per week before implantation at three six month follow-ups. Compared baseline (ESS: 15.9 2.5) showed a significant improvement ESS after months (11.2 3.3, p < 0.05) (9.6 2.8, 0.001) trend reduction cataplexies. ESS-improvement observed (14.9 3.9, 13.6 3.7, 13.2 3.5, = 0.2 baseline, months, correspondingly). Side did not differ between groups. this first evaluation narcolepsy, found due type neurostimulation. could be promising non-medical treatment
Язык: Английский