Antiepileptic drugs modify power of high EEG frequencies and their neural generators

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1308-1312

  Arzy, S ^a,b   Allali, G ^a   Brunet, D ^c   Michel, C M ^c   Kaplan, P W ^d   Seeck, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

anterior temporal cortex; antiepileptic drugs; gamma band; inferior frontal cortex

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CARBAMAZEPINE; LAMOTRIGINE; SODIUM CHANNEL; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FRONTAL LOBE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN WAVES; CARBAMAZEPINE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; MALE; NEURONS; TRIAZINES; VALPROIC ACID; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956644738     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2010.03018.x     Document Type: Article

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