Centromedian-thalamic and hippocampal electrical stimulation for the control of intractable epileptic seizures

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 495-513

  Velasco, M ^a   Velasco, F ^a   Velasco, A L ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Basic mechanisms; Chronic electrical stimulation; CM thalamic nucleus and hippocampus; Generalized and temporal lobe seizures; Predictors of good outcome

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR;

ABSENCE; AFTERDISCHARGE; ANTERIOR COMMISSURE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN VENTRICULOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; EVOKED RESPONSE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; PHOTON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; RECEPTOR BINDING; RELIABILITY; SEIZURE THRESHOLD; SPIKE WAVE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; THALAMUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035668530     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004691-200111000-00001     Document Type: Article

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