TY - JOUR T1 - Vagal nerve stimulation for epilepsy JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood JO - Arch Dis Child SP - 336 LP - 336 DO - 10.1136/adc.82.4.336d VL - 82 IS - 4 AU - RICHARD O ROBINSON Y1 - 2000/04/01 UR - http://adc.bmj.com/content/82/4/336.5.abstract N2 - Editor,—It is timely that “Archivist” has taken an interest in vagal nerve stimulation for epilepsy. The comments do not suggest however that Archivist was fully informed.It is true to say that the mechanism by which the effect is achieved is not known, but there is considerable animal evidence that both serotoninergic and noradrenergic pathways from afferent vagus terminations to the thalamus are involved.1 … ER -