Enhanced synchrony in epileptiform activity? Local versus distant phase synchronization in generalized seizures

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 35, 2005, Pages 8077-8084

  Dominguez, Luis Garcia ^a   Wennberg, Richard A ^b   Gaetz, William ^a   Cheyne, Douglas ^a   Snead III, O Carter ^a   Perez Velazquez, Jose Luis ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Magnetoencephalography; Neocortex; Phase locking; Seizures; Synchrony

Indexed keywords

ABSENCE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; SEIZURES;

EID: 24344453835     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1046-05.2005     Document Type: Article

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