Cognition-induced epilepsy

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 496-501

  Ritaccio, Anthony L ^a   Singh, Anuradha ^a   Devinsky, Orrin ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition induced epilepsy; Graphogenic epilepsy; Reading epilepsy; Reflex epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CLOBAZAM; CLONAZEPAM; FLUNARIZINE; LAMOTRIGINE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; ZONISAMIDE;

AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BODY WEIGHT DISORDER; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG TOLERANCE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; EPILEPSY; HAIR LOSS; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROSURGERY; READING; REVIEW; SOMNOLENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOPOGRAPHY; TREMOR; WEIGHT GAIN; WRITING;

EID: 0043263133     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1525-5050(02)00563-2     Document Type: Review

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