Analysis of the EEG dynamics of epileptic activity in gelastic seizures using decomposition in independent components

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 117, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1595-1601

  Leal, Alberto J R ^a,b   Dias, Ana I ^b   Vieira, José P ^b  

^a Hospital Julio de Matos   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL DONA ESTEFÂNIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Gelastic; Hamartoma; Hypothalamus; ICA; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH RECORDING; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTA RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; GELASTIC SEIZURE; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS TUMOR; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME;

BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; ELECTRODES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PERIODICITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 33745382010     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2006.03.020     Document Type: Article

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