Intracerebral recordings of minor motor events, paroxysmal arousals and major seizures in nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2005, Pages

  Nobili, Lino ^a   Sartori, I ^a   Terzaghi, M ^b   Tassi, L ^a   Mai, R ^a   Francione, S ^a   Cossu, M ^a   Cardinale, F ^a   Castana, L ^a   Lo Russo, G ^a  

^a OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^b C MONDINO NATIONAL NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy; Parasomnias; Paroxysmal arousals

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONREM SLEEP; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARASOMNIA; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SLEEP AROUSAL DISORDER; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; STEREOTYPY;

ADULT; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPSY, FRONTAL LOBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARASOMNIAS;

EID: 33645746917     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-005-0490-x     Document Type: Article

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