Treatment of dementia by nerve stimulation

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PATENT NO 5269303
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07660404

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A method of treating symptoms of dementia, including cortical dementia, subcortical dementia, and multi-infarct dementia, includes selecting a patient suffering from dementia, and applying to the patient's vagus nerve an electrical stimulation signal having parameter values selected to modulate the electrical activity of the vagus nerve in a manner to modulate the activity of preselected portions of the reticular activating system of the brain stem.

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LIVANOVA USA INC100 CYBERONICS BLVD HOUSTON TX 77058

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Terry, Jr Reese S Houston, TX 23 14237
Wernicke, Joachim F League City, TX 9 7249

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