Stimulation of the central median thalamic nucleus for epilepsy

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 77, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 228-232

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

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^b General Hospital   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Centromedian; Electrical stimulation; Epilepsy; Lennox Gastaut syndrome; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EPILEPSY; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TONIC SEIZURE; ABSENCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; INSTRUMENTATION; PARESTHESIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; THALAMUS INTRALAMINAR NUCLEUS;

CHILD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRALAMINAR THALAMIC NUCLEI; MALE; PARESTHESIA; RECURRENCE; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0035552498     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000064611     Document Type: Conference Paper

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