Different patterns of dipole source localization in gelastic seizure with or without a sense of mirth

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 23-29

  Iwasa, Hiroto ^a   Shibata, Tadahiko ^b   Mine, Seiichiro ^b   Koseki, Keijirou ^c   Yasuda, Kimiko ^b   Kasagi, Yasufumi ^b   Okada, Motohiro ^a   Yabe, Hirooki ^a   Kaneko, Sunao ^a   Nakajima, Yoshio ^b  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Kisarazu Toho Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dipole source localization; Epilepsy; Epileptogenic focus; Gelastic seizure; Scalp skull head model dipole tracing; Sense of mirth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CASE REPORT; CINGULATE GYRUS; DIPOLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SPIKE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GYRUS CINGULI; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; LAUGHTER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 0036281029     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-0102(02)00012-3     Document Type: Article

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