Chronic anterior thalamus stimulation for intractable epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 603-608

  Hodaie, Mojgan ^a   Wennberg, Richard A ^b,c,d,e   Dostrovsky, Jonathan O ^b,d,e   Lozano, Andres M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c HOLLAND BLOORVIEW KIDS REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^e MEDTRONIC INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior thalamus; Deep brain stimulation; Intractable epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE CONTROL; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS ANTERIOR NUCLEUS;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR; THALAMUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036280279     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1528-1157.2002.26001.x     Document Type: Article

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