Nerve fiber impairment of anterior thalamocortical circuitry in juvenile myoclonic epilepsy

Neurology

Volumn 71, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 1981-1985

  Deppe, M ^a   Kellinghaus, C ^a,b   Duning, T ^a   Moddel G ^a   Mohammadi, S ^a   Deppe, K ^c   Schiffbauer, H ^a   Kugel, H ^a   Keller, S S ^d   Ringelstein, E B ^a   Knecht, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b Andreas Bannowsky Ltd   (Germany)

^c Franzhospital Dülmen ^*  (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHOSUXIMIDE; LAMOTRIGINE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NERVE FIBER; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT DURATION; WHITE MATTER; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; METABOLISM; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE TRACT; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SEIZURE;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY, JUVENILE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SEIZURES; THALAMUS; WALLERIAN DEGENERATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149377445     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000336969.98241.17     Document Type: Article

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