Electrophysiology of focal clonic seizures in humans: A study using subdural and depth electrodes

Brain

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 547-555

  Hamer, H M ^a   Luders H O ^b   Knake, S ^c   Fritsch, B ^a   Oertel, W H ^a   Rosenow, F ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Clonic; Human; Seizure; Subthalamic nucleus; Tonic

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN REGION; CENTRAL GRAY MATTER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLONIC SEIZURE; DURA MATER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TONE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPIKE WAVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0345074078     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awg051     Document Type: Article

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