Low-threshold calcium spike bursts in the human thalamus: Common physiopathology for sensory, motor and limbic positive symptoms

Brain

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 363-375

  Jeanmonod, D ^a   Magnin, M ^a   Morel, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Abnormal movements; Epilepsy; Low threshold calcium spike bursts; Neurogenic pain; Neuropsychiatric disorders; Tinnitus

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; SPIKE WAVE; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SYMPTOM; THALAMOTOMY; THALAMUS; TINNITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CALCIUM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; NEURALGIA; PROGNOSIS; THALAMUS; TINNITUS;

EID: 0029877021     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/119.2.363     Document Type: Article

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