Imaging the cortical effect of lamotrigine in patients with idiopathic generalized epilepsy: A low-resolution electromagnetic tomography (LORETA) study

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 81, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 204-210

  Clemens, Béla ^a   Piros, Pálma ^a   Bessenyei, Mónika ^a   Tóth, Márton ^b   Hollódy, Katalin ^b   Kondákor, István ^c  

^a Kenezy Korhaz Rendelointezet   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^c 1st Department of Internal Medicine   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Idiopathic generalized epilepsy; Lamotrigine; LORETA

Indexed keywords

LAMOTRIGINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN TOMOGRAPHY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INSULA; LOW RESOLUTION ELECTROMAGNETIC TOMOGRAPHY; MALE; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; STUDENT T TEST; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRIAZINES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 53249111335     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2008.06.002     Document Type: Article

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