Neuronal complexity loss in interictal EEG recorded with foramen ovale electrodes predicts side of primary epileptogenic area in temporal lobe epilepsy: A replication study

Epilepsia

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 922-927

  Weber, B ^a   Lehnertz, K ^b   Elger, C E ^b   Wieser, H G ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^c Dept of EEG and Epileptology   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Correlation dimension; Foramen ovale electrodes; Neuronal complexity loss; Primary epileptogenic area; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FEMALE; HEART FORAMEN OVALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTRODES; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SLEEP; SPHENOID BONE; TEMPORAL LOBE; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0031714534     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1998.tb01441.x     Document Type: Article

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