Single-pulse electrical stimulation helps to identify epileptogenic cortex in children

Epilepsia

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1793-1803

  Flanagan, Danny ^b,c   Valentín, Antonio ^a,d   García Seoane, Jorge J ^e   Alarcón, Gonzalo ^a,d   Boyd, Stewart G ^b  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cortical stimulation; EEG; Epilepsy; Intracranial recording

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN CORTEX LESION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DELAYED RESPONSE; EARLY RESPONSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EPILEPSY; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ICTAL ONSET ZONE; INFANT; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PARAMETER; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPETITIVE RESPONSE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SINGLE PULSE ELECTROSTIMULATION; SPIKE WAVE; STABLE RESPONSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRODE IMPLANT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 67649967410     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2009.02056.x     Document Type: Article

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