Mirth and laughter arising from human temporal cortex [2]

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1004-1005

  Satow, T ^a   Usui, K ^a   Matsuhashi, M ^a   Yamamoto, J ^a   Begum, T ^a   Shibasaki, Hiroshi ^a   Ikeda, A ^a   Mikuni, N ^a   Miyamoto, S ^a   Hashimoto, N ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CASE REPORT; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; LETTER; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; LAUGHTER; SEIZURES; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0038818022     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.74.7.1004     Document Type: Letter

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