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Epilepsy glossary - V
Vagus nerve – a large nerve which runs from the brain to the muscles in the heart and other organs in the chest and abdomen. This nerve also carries electrical messages to the brain.
Video telemetry – a test which involves having an EEG and being video-taped at the same time. This means that the EEG recording of a seizure can be compared to what is seen happening to the person. This can help to diagnose epilepsy and non-epileptic seizures.
VNS (Vagus Nerve Stimulation) – a type of treatment for epilepsy. It involves having a generator implanted in the chest wall attached to electrical wires around the vagus nerve in the neck. The generator sends regular electrical signals through the vagus nerve into the brain. For some people, this prevents or reduces the brain activity that causes seizures, and can reduce the number, length or severity of seizures they have. It is not known exactly how this works or who will be helped by it.
