Effect of sodium valproate on neuromagnetic responses to chromatic flicker: Implication for photosensitivity

Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 2004, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Watanabe, Katsumi ^a   Sayres, R ^b   Shimojo, S ^c,d   Imada, T ^e,f   Nihei, K ^g  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d NTT Communication Science Laboratories   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f TOKYO DENKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

Author keywords

Color; Epilepsy; Flicker; Magnetoencephalography; Photosensitive

Indexed keywords

VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EPILEPSY; EXCITABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 29144526058     PISSN: 15268748     EISSN: 15268748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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