Gamma-band phase clustering and photosensitivity: Is there an underlying mechanism common to photosensitive epilepsy and visual perception?

Brain

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1164-1172

  Parra, Jaime ^a,c   Kalitzin, S N ^a   Iriarte, J ^b   Blanes, W ^a   Velis, D N ^a   Lopes da Silva, F H ^a  

^a Dutch Epilepsy Clinics Foundation   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^c NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Gamma band oscillations; Magnetoencephalography; Photosensitive epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ABSENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; PERCEPTION; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX EPILEPSY; SCHOOL CHILD; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; EPILEPSY, REFLEX; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS, GAMMA; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0037406245     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awg109     Document Type: Article

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