The peri-ictal state: Cortical excitability changes within 24 h of a seizure

Brain

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1013-1021

  Badawy, Radwa ^a,b   MacDonell, Richard ^a,b   Jackson, Graeme ^a,b   Berkovic, Samuel ^a,b  

^a AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cortical excitability; Epilepsy; Seizures; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE EXCITABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65249175076     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awp017     Document Type: Article

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