ReviewEpilepsia2024
Vagus nerve stimulation for epilepsy: A narrative review of factors predictive of response.
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23 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Prognostic factors in vagus nerve stimulation for drug-resistant epilepsy. Results from a systematic review and meta-analysis of the literature.Neurosurgical review · 2026Pooled it
- Factors predicting the response to vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) in pediatric patients with drug- resistant epilepsy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2025Pooled it
- Antiepileptic and antiepileptogenic effects ofIBRO neuroscience reports · 2026Article
- Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation in drug-resistant epilepsy: A randomized, sham-controlled crossover trial with exploratory EEG and MRI response phenotyping.Epilepsia open · 2026Article
- Structural morphometry distinguishes vagus nerve stimulation outcomes in individuals with epilepsy.Epilepsia open · 2026Article
- Vagus nerve stimulation as an add-on therapy in patients with epilepsy: a prospective, multicenter, real-world study in China.Acta epileptologica · 2026Article
- Relative entropy as a biomarker for vagus nerve stimulation response in epilepsy: Insights from intracerebral electroencephalography.Epilepsia open · 2026Article
- Thalamic Volume Asymmetry as a Potential Predictor of Vagus Nerve Stimulation Outcomes in Refractory Epilepsy.Neurologia medico-chirurgica · 2026Article
- Surgical re-evaluation patterns among pediatric vagus nerve stimulation non-responders: a single-center retrospective study.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2026Article
- A deep representation learning model to predict response to vagus nerve stimulation.Nature communications · 2026Article
- A Review of Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Disease: Comprehensive Theory and Evidence for Mechanisms of Action.Comprehensive physiology · 2026Review
- Cardioprotection via vagus nerve stimulation preconditioning: Reducing ischaemia-reperfusion injury and arrhythmic risk.Experimental physiology · 2026Article
- Preoperative MEG reveals differential brain network characteristics in drug-resistant epilepsy patients based on vagus nerve stimulation response.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2026Article
- Glymphatic dysfunction in drug-resistant epilepsy and its association with vagus nerve stimulation outcomes: a DTI-ALPS study.Therapeutic advances in neurological disorders · 2026Article
- Vagus nerve stimulation in drug-resistant epilepsy: Surgical technique from a tertiary epilepsy center.Surgical neurology international · 2026Article
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- Vagus Nerve Stimulation Therapy for Epilepsy: Mechanisms of Action and Therapeutic Approaches.Brain sciences · 2025Review
- Asymmetric efficacy of VNS within a single patient with bilateral focal frontal lobe epilepsy: A case report.Acta neurochirurgica · 2025Article
- The hidden rhythms of epilepsy: exploring biological clocks and epileptic seizure dynamics.Acta epileptologica · 2025Review
- Sleep links hippocampal propensity for epileptiform activity to its viscerosensory inputs.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2025Article
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Abstract
Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) is an established therapy for drug-resistant epilepsy. However, there is a lack of reliable predictors of VNS response in clinical use. The identification of factors predictive of VNS response is important for patient selection and stratification as well as tailored stimulation programming. We conducted a narrative review of the existing literature on prognostic markers for VNS response using clinical, demographic, biochemical, and modality-specific information such as from electroencephalography (EEG), magnetoencephalography, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). No individual marker demonstrated sufficient predictive power for individual patients, although several have been suggested, with some promising initial findings. Combining markers from underresearched modalities such as T1-weighted MRI morphometrics and EEG may provide better strategies for treatment optimization.
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