Centromedian nucleus stimulation for epilepsy clinical, electroencephalographic, and behavioral observations

Thalamus and Related Systems

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 387-398

  Velasco, Francisco ^a   Velasco, Marcos ^a   Jimenez, Fiacro ^a   Velasco, Ana Luisa ^a   Rojas, Beatriz ^a   Perez, Martha Luisa ^a  

^a Hospital General de México OD   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Electrical stimulation; Neuromodulation; Physiopathology of seizures; Recruiting responses; Sleep and epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ABSENCE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL BONE; HUMAN; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE GENERATOR; SEIZURE; SOMNOLENCE; SPIKE WAVE; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 33645028555     PISSN: 14729288     EISSN: 17448107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-9288(02)00011-0     Document Type: Article

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