Epileptic discharges in a mammillary body of a patient with refractory epilepsy

Neuromodulation

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 236-240

  Raftopoulos, Christian ^a   Van Rijckevorsel, Kenou ^a   Abu Serieh, Basel ^a   De Tourtchaninoff, Marianne ^a   Ivanoiu, Adrian ^a   Mary, Gwenaëlle ^a   Grandin, Cécile ^a   Duprez, Thierry ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Deep brain stimulation; Epilepsy; Hypothalamus; Mammillary body; Memory

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CASE REPORT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MAMMILLARY BODY; MEMORY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 33745404566     PISSN: 10947159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1403.2005.00031.x     Document Type: Article

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