Paroxysmal bipedal activity during syncope related to carotid body tumor

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 388-390

  Ambrosetto, Giovanni ^a   Montagna, Pasquale ^a   Vetrugno, Roberto ^a   Cortelli, Pietro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carotid body tumor; Central pattern generators; Frontal lobe epilepsy; Neuroethology; Paroxysmal bipedal activity; Syncope

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CAROTID BODY TUMOR; CASE REPORT; COLD SWEAT; DIZZINESS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; NEUROSURGERY; PAROXYSMAL BIPEDAL ACTIVITY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; REM SLEEP; SYNCOPE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; WAKEFULNESS;

ADULT; CAROTID BODY TUMOR; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; MOVEMENT; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS; SYNCOPE; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 67650455917     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2009.04.003     Document Type: Article

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