Writing epilepsy: A neurophysiological, neuropsychological and neuroimaging study

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 463-466

  Abreu, Pedro ^a   Ribeiro, Mendes ^a   Forni, Alessandra ^a   Pires, Isabel ^a   Sousa, Georgina ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Graphogenic epilepsy; Language epilepsy; Reflex epilepsy; Writing induced epilepsy

Indexed keywords

VALPROIC ACID;

ABSENCE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN PERFUSION; CASE REPORT; DYSTONIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FAMILY HISTORY; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HANDEDNESS; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PARIETAL LOBE; REFLEX EPILEPSY; REMISSION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SPIKE WAVE; TENDON REFLEX; VIDEORECORDING; WRITING; WRITING INDUCED EPILEPSY;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; WRITING;

EID: 16344364212     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2005.02.004     Document Type: Article

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