Subacute electrical stimulation of the hippocampus blocks intractable temporal lobe seizures and paroxysmal EEG activities

Epilepsia

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 158-169

  Velasco, Marcos ^a   Velasco, Francisco ^a   Velasco, Ana Luisa ^a   Boleaga, Bernardo ^a,b   Jimenez, Fiacro ^a   Brito, Francisco ^a   Marquez, Irma ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^b Hospital Angeles Clinica Londres   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Electrical stimulation; Electroencephalography; Entorhinal cortices; Histopathologic confirmation; Neurosurgery; Parahippocampal; Pes hippocampus amygdala; Temporal lobe seizures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY;

EID: 0033969373     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.2000.tb00135.x     Document Type: Article

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