Distribution of spatial complexity of EEG in idiopathic generalized epilepsy and its change after chronic valproate therapy

Brain Topography

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 115-123

  Kondakor, Istvan ^a   Toth, Marton ^a   Wackermann, Jiri ^b   Gyimesi, Csilla ^a   Czopf, Jozsef ^a   Clemens, Bela ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^b Institute for Frontier Areas of Psychology and Mental Health   (Germany)

^c Kenezy Korhaz Rendelointezet   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Antero Posterior Complexity Ratio; Human multichannel EEG; Idiopathic generalized epilepsy; Omega complexity; Spatial synchrony; Valproate

Indexed keywords

VALPROIC ACID;

ABSENCE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 28844500404     PISSN: 08960267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10548-005-0280-z     Document Type: Article

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