Widespread functional deficits in perception-related networks demonstrated by PET in a case with simple visual seizures

Epilepsia

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 370-373

  Mielke, R ^a   Weber Luxenburger, G ^a   Kessler, J ^a   Szelies, B ^a   Heiss, W D ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR NEUROLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebral metabolism; Flumazenil binding; Occipital lobe; Partial epilepsy; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PERCEPTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SEIZURE;

ADULT; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; DEOXYGLUCOSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; FLUMAZENIL; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; THALAMUS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0030952377     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1997.tb01130.x     Document Type: Article

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