Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy - A generalized epilepsy syndrome?

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica, Supplement

Volumn 112, Issue 181, 2005, Pages 57-62

  Koepp, Matthias J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b EPILEPSY SOCIETY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Idiopathic generalized epilepsy; Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy; Positron emission tomography; Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy; Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; JUVENILE MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; BRAIN MAPPING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG UPTAKE; GRAY MATTER; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REVIEW; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS; ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PATHOLOGY; SYNDROME; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; CARBON 13; FLUMAZENIL; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID; AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS;

BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY, JUVENILE; NERVE NET; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; SYNDROME; THALAMUS;

EID: 28044454769     PISSN: 00651427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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