Epileptiform EEG spikes and their functional significance

Clinical EEG and Neuroscience

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 230-233

  Gorji, Ali ^a   Speckmann, Erwin Josef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

DC recordings; Electroencephalography; Epilepsy; Field potentials; Neocortex; Seizure; Spikes, interictal

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICAL BONE; DISSOCIATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; ION CURRENT; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPIKE;

EID: 70349563342     PISSN: 15500594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/155005940904000404     Document Type: Review

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