Motor representation areas in epileptic patients with focal motor seizures: A TMS study

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 75, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 197-205

  Labyt, E ^a   Houdayer, E ^a   Cassim, F ^a   Bourriez, J L ^a   Derambure, P ^a   Devanne, H ^a,b  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU LITTORAL CÔTE D OPALE   (France)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Motor cortex; Plasticity; TMS

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; ETIRACETAM; LAMOTRIGINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; TOPIRAMATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN MAPPING; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, PARTIAL, MOTOR; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 34447260737     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2007.06.004     Document Type: Article

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