Frontal Lobe Epilepsy: The Next Frontier

Clinical EEG and Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 163-169

  Niedermeyer, E ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Frontal Lobe Epilepsy; Frontal Premotor Epilepsy; Fronto orbital Epilepsy; Prefrontal Epilepsy; Primary Generalized Epilepsy

Indexed keywords

BRAIN FUNCTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; HUMAN; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; MENTAL FUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WORKING MEMORY;

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS;

EID: 0032432442     PISSN: 15500594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/155005949802900407     Document Type: Article

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