MRI volumetry shows increased anterior thalamic volumes in patients with absence seizures

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 575-580

  Betting, Luiz Eduardo ^a   Mory, Susana Barreto ^a   Lopes Cendes, Íscia ^a   Li, Li Min ^a   Guerreiro, Marilisa M ^a   Guerreiro, Carlos A M ^a   Cendes, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Absence seizures; Idiopathic generalized epilepsies; Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy; Magnetic resonance imaging; Thalamus; Volumetry

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ABSENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; THALAMUS ANTERIOR NUCLEUS; VOLUMETRY;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY, JUVENILE; THALAMUS;

EID: 33646109807     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2006.02.002     Document Type: Article

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