Magnetic stimulation can modulate seizures in epileptic patients

Brain Topography

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 57-64

  Anninos, P ^a   Kotini, A ^a   Adamopoulos, A ^a   Tsagas, N ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Magnetic stimulation; MEG; Non linear analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CALCULATION; CHAOTIC DYNAMICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC STIMULATION; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BRAIN CORTEX; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; MAGNETISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; SEIZURES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0141842718     PISSN: 08960267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025610516767     Document Type: Article

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