Brainstem activates paroxysmal discharge in human generalized epilepsy

Brain Research

Volumn 903, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 53-61

  Kohsaka, Shinobu ^a   Kohsaka, Masako ^b   Mizukami, Susumu ^a   Sakai, Taeko ^a   Kobayashi, Kunihiko ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Sapporo Hanazono Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brainstem auditory evoked potential; Excitability change; Poly spike and wave complex; Ventral brainstem

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ACCELERATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECELERATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; EXCITABILITY; FEMALE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS; SPIKE WAVE; THALAMUS INTRALAMINAR NUCLEUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN STEM; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 0035827075     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(01)02381-2     Document Type: Article

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