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Peripheral Nerve Interface Applications: Vagal Nerve Stimulation

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Ward, M. (2014). Peripheral Nerve Interface Applications: Vagal Nerve Stimulation. In: Jaeger, D., Jung, R. (eds) Encyclopedia of Computational Neuroscience. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7320-6_209-2

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