Possibilities and limitations of magnetic source imaging of methohexital-induced epileptiform patterns in temporal lobe epilepsy patients

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 423-436

  Brockhaus, A ^a   Lehnertz, K ^a   Wienbruch, C ^b   Kowalik, A ^a   Burr, W ^a   Elbert, T ^c   Hoke, M ^b   Elger, C E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electrocorticography; Magnetoencephalography; Methohexital; Source localization; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

METHOHEXITAL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; HUMAN; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE WAVE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; METHOHEXITAL;

EID: 0031149776     PISSN: 00134694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-884X(97)96625-X     Document Type: Article

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