Gelastic seizures: A case of lateral frontal lobe epilepsy and review of the literature

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 249-253

  Kovac, Stjepana ^a   Deppe, Michael ^a   Mohammadi, Siawoosh ^a   Schiffbauer, Hagen ^a   Schwindt, Wolfram ^a   Möddel, Gabriel ^a   Dogan, Mujgan ^a   Evers, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Focal epilepsy; Frontal lobe; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Gelastic seizure; MRI negative epilepsy; Reflex epilepsy

Indexed keywords

VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GELASTIC SEIZURE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; PATHOLOGICAL LAUGHTER; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; THETA RHYTHM;

ADULT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; LAUGHTER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SEIZURES;

EID: 67349125473     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2009.03.004     Document Type: Article

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