In situ single-unit recording of hypothalamic hamartomas under endoscopic direct visualization

Neurosurgery

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Lekovic, Gregory P ^a   Kerrigan, John F ^a   Wait, Scott ^a   Rekate, Harold L ^a   Steinmetz, Peter N ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Endoscope; Epilepsy; Gelastic seizure; Hypothalamic hamartoma; Microwire; Single unit

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NEUROENDOSCOPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY; SPIKE WAVE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDOSCOPY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC DISEASES; MALE; NEURONS; TEMPORAL LOBE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74349110315     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000359531.45021.52     Document Type: Article

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