Clinical, functional, and neurophysiologic assessment of dysplastic cortical networks: Implications for cortical functioning and surgical management

Epilepsia

Volumn 50, Issue SUPPL. 9, 2009, Pages 19-27

  Duchowny, Michael ^a  

^a MIAMI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortical dysplasia; Intractable epilepsy; Neural network

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALFORMATIONS OF CORTICAL DEVELOPMENT; NERVE NET; NEURONS; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349200927     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2009.02291.x     Document Type: Review

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