Acute and chronic electrical stimulation of the centromedian thalamic nucleus: Modulation of reticulo-cortical systems and predictor factors for generalized seizure control

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 304-315

  Velasco, M ^a   Velasco, F ^a   Velasco, A L ^a   Jimenez, F ^a   Brito, F ^a   Marquez, I ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

DC EEG reponses; Desynchronizing; Electrical stimulation of thalamus; Predictor factors for ESCM outcome; Recruiting; Spike wave complexes and typical absences

Indexed keywords

BRAIN VENTRICULOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; NONHUMAN; ON OFF PHENOMENON; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SELECTION; PULSE GENERATOR; RADIOFREQUENCY; TECHNIQUE; THALAMUS MEDIALIS CENTRALIS NUCLEUS;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; HUMANS; INTRALAMINAR THALAMIC NUCLEI; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETICULAR FORMATION;

EID: 0033800473     PISSN: 01884409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0188-4409(00)00085-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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