Epileptic seizures are preceded by a decrease in synchronization

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 173-185

  Mormann, Florian ^a   Kreuz, Thomas ^a,b   Andrzejak, Ralph G ^a,b   David, Peter ^a   Lehnertz, Klaus ^a   Elger, Christian E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Focal epilepsy; Ictogenesis; Intracranial EEG; Phase synchrony; Seizure anticipation; Seizure prediction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN REGION; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0037359431     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-1211(03)00002-0     Document Type: Article

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