Valproate selectively reduces EEG activity in anterior parts of the cortex in patients with idiopathic generalized epilepsy. A low resolution electromagnetic tomography (LORETA) study

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 75, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 186-191

  Béla, Clemens ^a   Mónika, Bessenyei ^a   Márton, Tóth ^b   István, Kondákor ^b  

^a Kenezy Korhaz Rendelointezet   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Idiopathic generalized epilepsy; LORETA; Valproate

Indexed keywords

VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BETA RHYTHM; BRAIN CORTEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DELTA RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INSULA; LOW RESOLUTION ELECTROMAGNETIC TOMOGRAPHY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; NEUROIMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; TEMPORAL CORTEX; THETA RHYTHM; TOMOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DELTA RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE; THETA RHYTHM; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 34447282828     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2007.06.009     Document Type: Article

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