Devices in the treatment of epilepsy

Seminars in Neurology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 259-268

  Karceski, Steven ^a  

^a New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellar stimulator; Epilepsy; Refractory; Thalamic stimulator; Vagus nerve stimulator

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; LOCUS CERULEUS; NEUROSURGERY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; THALAMUS; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

CEREBELLUM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; LOCUS COERULEUS; SEIZURES; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; THALAMUS; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0036765275     PISSN: 02718235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-36646     Document Type: Review

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