Zonisamide decreases cortical excitability in patients with idiopathic generalized epilepsy

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1385-1392

  Joo, Eun Yeon ^a   Kim, Sun Hwa ^a   Seo, Dae Won ^a   Hong, Seung Bong ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cortical excitability; Epilepsy; Motor evoked potential; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Zonisamide

Indexed keywords

ZONISAMIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL EXCITABILITY; CORTICAL SILENT PERIOD; DEVICE; DIZZINESS; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INTRACORTICAL FACILITATION; INTRACORTICAL INHIBITION; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; NAUSEA; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTING MOTOR THRESHOLD; STIMULATOR; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; ISOXAZOLES; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURAL INHIBITION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 42749095761     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2008.02.008     Document Type: Article

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