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Open Access
01-12-2015 | Poster presentation
P038. Effects of non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation on cerebral vasomotor reactivity in patients with chronic migraine during intercritical phase: a pilot study
Authors:
Riccardo Altavilla, Matteo Paolucci, Claudia Altamura, Fabrizio Vernieri
Published in:
The Journal of Headache and Pain
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Special Issue 1/2015
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Excerpt
Different strategies of neurostimulation have been developed as treatment tools for migraine. Among them, vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) can be performed both invasively and non-invasively. Recently, “Gammacore” has been approved as a non-pharmacological and non-invasive tool for headache, and a recent study demonstrated its efficacy in 22% of patients with acute migraine attacks[
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