Deep EEG recordings of the mammillary body in epilepsy patients

Epilepsia

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 781-785

  Van Rijckevorsel, Kenou ^a   Serieh, Basel Abu ^a   De Tourtchaninoff, Marianne ^a   Raftopoulos, Christian ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

EEG; Epilepsy; Mammillary body

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BETA RHYTHM; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EEG ABNORMALITY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; HEART FUNCTION; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; MAMMILLARY BODY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE WAVE; THETA RHYTHM;

ADULT; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MAMILLARY BODIES; NEURAL PATHWAYS; THALAMUS;

EID: 18244402640     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2005.45704.x     Document Type: Article

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