Scientific Summaries
At Go North Medical, evidence is the cornerstone of our mission to target the right patients at the right time. In the area of Neurology alone, over 100 articles, case studies, and other resources are published each week. To deepen the company's understanding of the field, the medical team, led by Medical Affairs Manager Martina Boström, extracts key insights from these publications. All medical team members have a research background and possess expertise in critically reviewing evidence to determine both its strengths and weaknesses.
Primarily, the team stays up-to-date with the latest scientific evidence on vagus nerve stimulation therapy and evaluates its effectiveness through critical review and analysis of relevant publications. Part of this effort is published here, with scientific summaries and reflections created by the team. These summaries emphasize the most important publications that are relevant to our field of expertise.
Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you are unable to find clinical evidence related to a particular area of interest.
Vagus nerve stimulation has a positive effect on mood in patients with refractory epilepsy
Klinkenberg S, Majoie HJ, van der Heijden MM, Rijkers K, Leenen L, Aldenkamp AP.
Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery 114 (2012) 336–340
Prediction of Vagal Nerve Stimulation Efficacy in Drug-Resistant Epilepsy (PRECISE): Prospective Study for Pre-implantation Prediction/Study Design
Have a look at the study design of the upcoming PRediction of vagal nerve stimulation EfficaCy In drug-reSistant Epilepsy (PRECISE) study, by Dolezalova et al. 2022, that was recently published in frontiers in Neurology.
Quality-of-life metrics with vagus nerve stimulation for epilepsy from provider survey data
Englot DJ, Hassnain KH, Rolston JD, Harward SC, Sinha SR, Haglund MM.
Epilepsy & Behavior 66 (2017) 4–9
Concurrent brain-responsive and vagus nerve stimulation for treatment of drug-resistant focal epilepsy
Brown MG, Sillau S, McDermott D, Ernst LD, Spencer DC, Englot DJ, González HFJ, Datta P, Karakis I, Becker D, Rolston JD, Arain A, Rao VR, Doherty M, Urban A, Drees C.
Epilepsy & Behavior Volume 129, April 2022, 108653
Neuromodulation in Intractable Epilepsy Through Responsive Vagal Nerve Stimulation: A Three-Year Retrospective Study at the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston
Villarreal J, Valaparla VL, Curtis K, Thottempudi N, Elrahi S, Gil Guevara A, Gogia B, Sun R, Masel T, Rai P.
Cureus 13(10): e18698.
Prevalence and associated risk factors of undiagnosed depression among people with epilepsy in a multiethnic society
Tan JK, Khoo CS, Beh HC, Hod R, Baharudin A, Yahya WNNW, Tan HJ.
Epilepsy Research Volume 178, December 2021, 106772