Coupling of cortical and thalamic ictal activity in human partial epilepsy: Demonstration by functional magnetic resonance imaging

Epilepsia

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 657-661

  Detre, John A ^a   Alsop, David C ^a   Aguirre, Geoffrey K ^a   Sperling, Michael R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b GRADUATE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Functional MRI; Human; Partial epilepsy; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORRELATION FUNCTION; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TEMPORAL LOBE; THALAMIC NUCLEI; THALAMUS;

EID: 0029896140     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1996.tb00630.x     Document Type: Article

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