Diffusion tensor imaging identifies changes in normal-appearing white matter within the epileptogenic zone in tuberous sclerosis complex

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 89, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 246-253

  Widjaja, Elysa ^a   Simao, Gustavo ^a   Mahmoodabadi, Sina Zarei ^a   Ochi, Ayako ^a   Snead, O Carter ^a   Rutka, James ^a   Otsubo, Hiroshi ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Magnetoencephalography; Tuberous sclerosis complex

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; IMAGING; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

EID: 77951298409     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2010.01.008     Document Type: Article

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