Brain imaging in idiopathic generalized epilepsies

Epilepsia

Volumn 46, Issue SUPPL. 9, 2005, Pages 108-111

  Duncan, John S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b EPILEPSY SOCIETY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Functional MRI; Idiopathic generalized epilepsy; Magnetic resonance imaging; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy; Positron emission tomography; Single photon emission computed tomography

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; OPIATE DERIVATIVE; TRACER; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GLUCOSE; HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M; OPIATE RECEPTOR; OXYGEN;

ABSENCE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FRONTAL LOBE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IMAGE PROCESSING; NEOCORTEX; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OCCIPITAL LOBE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; THALAMUS; BLOOD; BRAIN; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN MAPPING; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SCINTISCANNING; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OXYGEN; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECEPTORS, OPIOID; TECHNETIUM TC 99M EXAMETAZIME; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 32944463938     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2005.00321.x     Document Type: Review

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