Subacute and chronic electrical stimulation of the hippocampus on intractable temporal lobe seizures: Preliminary report

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 316-328

  Velasco, Ana Luisa ^b   Velasco, Marcos ^b   Velasco, Francisco ^a   Menes, Diana ^c   Gordon, Felipe ^c   Rocha, Luisa ^a   Briones, Magdalena ^a   Márquez, Irma ^a  

^a SECRETARÍA DE SALUD   (Mexico)

^b Unidad de Investigacín Médica en Neurofisiología   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Benzodiazepine receptor binding; EEG; Electrical stimulation of the hippocampus; Hippocampal afterdischarges; Histopathology; Intractable temporal lobe seizures; Neuropsychological tests; Recovery cycles; SPECT perfusion

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR; FLUNITRAZEPAM;

AFTERDISCHARGE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTOGENESIS; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; LEARNING; MEMORY; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PULSE GENERATOR; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AMYGDALA; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; EVOKED POTENTIALS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PILOT PROJECTS; RADIOLIGAND ASSAY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SEIZURES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0033800947     PISSN: 01884409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0188-4409(00)00064-3     Document Type: Article

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