Magnetoencephalography and diffusion tensor imaging in gelastic seizures secondary to a cingulate gyrus lesion

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 182-187

  Mohamed, Ismail S ^a   Otsubo, Hiroshi ^a   Shroff, Manohar ^a   Donner, Elizabeth ^a   Drake, James ^a   Snead III, O Carter ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cingulate lesion; Diffusion tensor imaging; Gelastic seizures; Magnetoencephalography; Tractography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN CORTEX LESION; CASE REPORT; CINGULATE GYRUS; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTIC NERVE CELL; GELASTIC SEIZURE; HUMAN; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADOLESCENT; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; THETA RHYTHM;

EID: 33846093490     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2006.06.005     Document Type: Article

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