On the confirmation of an effect of magnetic fields on the interictal firing rate of epileptic patients

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 60, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 43-52

  Fuller, M ^a   Wilson, C L ^b   Velasco, A L ^b   Dunn, J R ^c   Zoeger, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Evocation; Hippocampus; Interictal activity; Magnetic fields

Indexed keywords

MAGNETITE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 0037447018     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-9230(03)00027-3     Document Type: Article

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