Brain stimulation for epilepsy: Can scheduled or responsive neurostimulation stop seizures?

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 164-168

  Morrell, Martha ^a,b,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NeuroPace Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain stimulation; Device; Epilepsy; Therapy

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CEREBELLUM; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MORBIDITY; OUTPATIENT; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATIENT SAFETY; PILOT STUDY; REVIEW; SAFETY; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREMOR;

ANIMALS; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; SEIZURES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33645057477     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.wco.0000218233.60217.84     Document Type: Review

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