The localizing value of ictal consciousness and its constituent functions: A video-EEG study in patients with focal epilepsy

Brain

Volumn 125, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2691-2698

  Lux, S ^a,b   Kurthen, M ^a   Helmstaedter, C ^a   Hartje, W ^c   Reuber, M ^a   Elger, C E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Consciousness; EEG; Epilepsy; Ictal neuropsychological testing; Video analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH; TEMPORAL LOBE; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 0036894090     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awf276     Document Type: Article

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