Changes in intracortical excitability after successful epilepsy surgery

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 55-62

  Läppchen, Claus Henning ^a   Feil, Bertram ^a   Fauser, Susanne ^a   Wuwer, Yvonne ^a   Glocker, Franz Xaver ^a   Schulze Bonhage, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epilepsy surgery; Focal epilepsy; Intracortical excitability; Motor evoked potentials; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; ETIRACETAM; LAMOTRIGINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PREGABALIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EXCITABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SIMPLE PARTIAL SEIZURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL INHIBITION; SPREADING CORTICAL DEPRESSION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 40149107403     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2007.12.010     Document Type: Article

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