Decreased neuronal burst discharge near site of seizure onset in epileptic human temporal lobes

Epilepsia

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 113-121

  Colder, Brian W ^a,b   Frysinger, Robert C ^a   Wilson, Charles L ^a   Harper, Ronald M ^a   Engel Jr , Jerome ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auto correlation; In vivo; Interictal; Seizure; Spike train

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, COMPLEX PARTIAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0030056935     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1996.tb00001.x     Document Type: Article

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