Functional and anatomic correlates of two frequently observed temporal lobe seizure-onset patterns

Neural Plasticity

Volumn 7, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 49-63

  Velasco, Ana Luisa ^a   Wilson, Charles L ^b   Babb, Thomas L ^c   Engel Jr , Jerome ^b  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

EEG; Epilepsy; Hippocampal sclerosis; Hippocampus; Hypersynchrony

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL LOSS; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL; PATIENT MONITORING; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EID: 0034048745     PISSN: 20905904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/np.2000.49     Document Type: Article

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