Toward rational design of electrical stimulation strategies for epilepsy control

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 6-22

  Sunderam, Sridhar ^a   Gluckman, Bruce ^b,c   Reato, Davide ^d   Bikson, Marom ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^c PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive impairment; Control; Efficacy; Electrical stimulation; Electrotherapy; Epilepsy; Safety; Seizure; Strategy; Treatment marker

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BIOPHYSICAL EQUIPMENT; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE MARKER; DYSPNEA; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; EPILEPSY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; METRIC SYSTEM; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATIENT SAFETY; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SEIZURE THRESHOLD; SKIN TINGLING; SLEEP DISORDER; SORE THROAT; SUICIDAL IDEATION; THERAPY EFFECT; TISSUE INJURY; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ANTICONVULSANTS; BIOPHYSICS; BRAIN; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EPILEPSY; HUMANS;

EID: 72949084170     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2009.10.017     Document Type: Review

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