Long-term effects of vagus nerve stimulation therapy on cognitive functioning in patients with drug-resistant epilepsy.

Kristijonas PuteikisArminas JasionisGabija JasionytėRūta Mameniškienė

Published in: Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology (2023)

We suggest improvements in a task of social cognition and short-term visual memory after longer use of VNS therapy. Such findings should be confirmed in larger trials after controlling for changes in ictal or interictal activity.

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