Laughter and the mesial and lateral premotor cortex

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 773-775

  Schmitt, J J ^a   Janszky, J ^a   Woermann, F ^a   Tuxhorn, I ^a   Ebner, A ^a  

^a EPILEPSY CENTER BETHEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electrical stimulation; Gelastic epilepsy; Laughter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOY; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; DURA MATER; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMOTIONALITY; EPILEPSY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SPEECH; TONIC SEIZURE; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; INFANT; LAUGHTER; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 33646533088     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2006.03.003     Document Type: Article

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