Laminar analysis of human neocortical interictal spike generation and propagation: Current source density and multiunit analysis in vivo

Epilepsia

Volumn 45, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2004, Pages 48-56

  Ulbert, Istvan ^a,b,c   Heit, Gary ^a   Madsen, Joseph ^c   Karmos, George ^b   Halgren, Eric ^c,d,e  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLOGY   (Hungary)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d INSERM   (France)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Current source density; Epilepsy; Human neocortex; Interictal spikes; Multiple unit activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DENSITY; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MICROELECTRODE; MULTIPLE UNIT ACTIVITY; NEOCORTEX; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPIKE;

EID: 4043111405     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-9580.2004.04011.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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