Brief bursts of pulse stimulation terminate afterdischarges caused by cortical stimulation

Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2073-2081

  Lesser, R P ^a,b   Kim, S H ^a   Beyderman, L ^a,b   Miglioretti, D L ^a,b   Webber, W R S ^a   Bare, M ^c   Cysyk, B ^a   Krauss, G ^a   Gordon, B ^a,b  

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

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Afterdischarges; Epilepsy; Seizures; Stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFTERDISCHARGE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN REGION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

EID: 0032787061     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.53.9.2073     Document Type: Article

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