Centro-median stimulation yields additional seizure frequency and attention improvement in patients previously submitted to callosotomy

Seizure

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 588-592

  Cukiert, Arthur ^a   Burattini, Jose Augusto ^a   Cukiert, Cristine Mella ^a   Argentoni Baldochi, Meire ^a   Baise Zung, Carla ^a   Forster, Cássio Roberto ^a   Mello, Valeria Antakli ^a  

^a HOSPITAL BRIGADEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Callosotomy; Deep brain stimulation; Generalized epilepsy; Outcome

Indexed keywords

LAMOTRIGINE; PHENOBARBITAL; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN SURGERY; CALLOSOTOMY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FOLLOW UP; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; STEREOTACTIC PROCEDURE; THALAMUS MEDIALIS CENTRALIS NUCLEUS;

ADULT; ATTENTION; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SPLIT-BRAIN PROCEDURE; THALAMUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69549107645     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2009.06.002     Document Type: Article

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