Metabolic correlatives of brain activity in a FOS epilepsy patient

NMR in Biomedicine

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 170-178

  Peca, Stefano ^a,b   Carnì, Marco ^a,c   Di Bonaventura, Carlo ^d   Aprile, Teresa ^b   Hagberg, Gisela E ^b   Giallonardo, Anna Teresa ^d   Manfredi, Mario ^d   Mangia, Silvia ^e   Garreffa, Girolamo ^a   Maraviglia, Bruno ^b,c   Giove, Federico ^a,c  

^a MUSEO STORICO DELLA FISICA E CENTRO STUDI E RICERCHE ENRICO FERMI   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

EEG; Epilepsy; Fixation off sensitivity; Functional magnetic resonance spectroscopy; Glutamate; Glutamine

Indexed keywords

BRAIN ACTIVITY; CONTROL GROUPS; EEG; ELECTRICAL ACTIVITIES; METABOLIC PATHWAYS; MODEL SYSTEM; NEURONAL ACTIVITIES; PATHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; SINGLE VOXEL;

AMINO ACIDS; BRAIN; COMPLEXATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; METABOLISM; PARTICLE DETECTORS;

FOOD ADDITIVES;

GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLOME; OXYGEN;

EID: 77149142267     PISSN: 09523480     EISSN: 10991492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nbm.1439     Document Type: Article

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