Source localization of small sharp spikes: Low resolution electromagnetic tomography (LORETA) reveals two distinct cortical sources

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1380-1387

  Zumsteg, Dominik ^a   Andrade, Danielle M ^a   Wennberg, Richard A ^a  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Benign epileptiform variants; Electroencephalography; Epilepsy; LORETA; Source localization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HEMISPHERE; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; INSULA; LOW RESOLUTION ELECTROMAGNETIC TOMOGRAPHY; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP; SLEEP; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYNCOPE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCALP; SLEEP; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 33744747963     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2006.02.019     Document Type: Article

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