Negative myoclonus induced by cortical electrical stimulation in epileptic patients

Brain

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 65-81

  Rubboli, Guido ^a,c   Mai, Roberto ^b   Meletti, Stefano ^a   Francione, Stefano ^b   Cardinale, Francesco ^b   Tassi, Laura ^b   Lo Russo, Giorgio ^b   Stanzani Maserati, Michelangelo ^a   Cantalupo, Gaetano ^a   Tassinari, Carlo Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^c BELLARIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Intracerebral electrical stimulation; Negative myoclonus; Primary somatosensory cortex; Silent period; Supplementary motor area

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CASE REPORT; DELTOID MUSCLE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYOCLONUS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 30344454376     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awh661     Document Type: Article

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