Epileptic consciousness: Concept and meaning of aura

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 527-533

  Alvarez Silva, Sergio ^a   Alvarez Silva, Iria ^a   Alvarez Rodriguez, Javier ^b   Perez Echeverria, M J ^c   Campayo Martinez, Antonio ^c   Rodriguez Fernandez, F L ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MIGUEL SERVET   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DE LEÓN   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO LOZANO BLESA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Automatism; Panic attacks; Paroxysm; Partial seizure; Strangeness

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATISM; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC AURA; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; MELANCHOLIA; MENTAL DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SIMPLE PARTIAL SEIZURE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

AUTOMATISM; CONSCIOUSNESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; SEIZURES;

EID: 33646110259     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2005.12.013     Document Type: Article

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