From hypothalamic hamartoma to cortex: What can be learnt from depth recordings and stimulation?

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 205-217

  Kahane, Philippe ^a   Ryvlin, Philippe ^b   Hoffmann, Dominique ^a   Minotti, Lorella ^a   Benabid, Alim Louis ^a  

^a GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Cortex; Hypothalamic hamartoma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN REGION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPIKERATOPHAKIA; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FEMALE; GELASTIC SEIZURE; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HAMARTOMA; HYPOTHALAMUS TUMOR; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CRYING; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FEMALE; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC DISEASES; HYPOTHALAMUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SYNDROME;

EID: 1142286542     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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