Thalamic activation in photic myoclonus

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 339-343

  Traff J ^a   Petrovic, P ^a   Ingvar, Martin ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

MERRF; PET; Photic myoclonus; rCBF; Supplementary motor cortex; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CASE REPORT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MYOCLONUS; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; THALAMUS;

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MERRF SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; THALAMUS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0034016877     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0404.2000.9C132A.x     Document Type: Article

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