A role for desynchronization of neuronal activity in triggering epileptic seizures in the brain

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 26 VI, Issue , 2004, Pages 4006-4008

  Nicolaescu, I ^a   Mogul, D J ^b  

^a Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Hippocampus; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; LINEAR EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; NEURAL NETWORKS; NEUROLOGY; SYNCHRONIZATION;

CELLULAR CONNECTIVITY; EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS;

BRAIN;

EID: 11144283151     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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