Novel approaches to imaging epilepsy by MRI

Future Neurology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 295-304

  Hetherington, Hoby ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging; Manganese enhanced MRI; Neuronal networks; Resting state connectivity

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CHOLINE; CREATINE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; MANGANESE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

BIOENERGY; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN METABOLISM; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE SPROUTING; NEUROIMAGING; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHOSPHORUS NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; THALAMUS;

EID: 67149128175     PISSN: 14796708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/fnl.09.12     Document Type: Review

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