Lamotrigine decreases EEG synchronization in a use-dependent manner in patients with idiopathic generalized epilepsy

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 910-917

  Clemens, B ^a   Piros, P ^a   Bessenyei, M ^a   Hollody K ^b  

^a Kenezy Korhaz Rendelointezet   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Idiopathic generalized epilepsy; Lamotrigine; Quantitative EEG

Indexed keywords

LAMOTRIGINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; POWER ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TRIAZINES;

EID: 33847363054     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2006.11.016     Document Type: Article

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