Vagus nerve stimulation as a potential adjuvant to behavioral therapy for autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders

Abstract Background Many children with autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders undergo expensive, time-consuming behavioral interventions that often yield only modest improvements. The development of adjunctive interventions that can increase the benefit of rehabilitation therapies is essentia...

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Main Authors: Crystal T. Engineer, Seth A. Hays, Michael P. Kilgard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-07-01
Series:Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s11689-017-9203-z