Deep brain stimulation for the treatment of epilepsy

International Journal of Neural Systems

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 213-226

  Hamani, Clement ^a   Andrade, Danielle ^b   Hodaie, Mojgan ^a   Wennberg, Richard ^b   Lozano, Andres ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Closed loop; Deep brain stimulation; Epilepsy; Hippocampus; Open loop; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

CLOSED-LOOP; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; OPEN-LOOP; THALAMUS;

BRAIN;

BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CEREBELLUM; ELECTRODE; EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; THALAMUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; THALAMUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68149149523     PISSN: 01290657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0129065709001975     Document Type: Review

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