Mechanisms involved in the conduction of anterior temporal epileptiform discharges to the scalp

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 120, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2063-2070

  Sparkes, Matthew ^a   Valentin, Antonio ^a,b   Alarcón, Gonzalo ^a,b  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anterior temporal electrode; EEG; Epileptiform discharges; Skull foramina; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHEEK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP; SKULL; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TOPOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ELECTRODES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; REACTION TIME; SCALP; TEMPORAL LOBE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449697894     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2009.08.026     Document Type: Article

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