Can changes in cortical excitability distinguish progressive from juvenile myoclonic epilepsy?

Epilepsia

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2084-2088

  Badawy, Radwa A B ^a,b   MacDonell, Richard A L ^a,b   Jackson, Graeme D ^a,b,c   Berkovic, Samuel F ^a  

^a AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cortical excitability; Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy; Progressive myoclonic epilepsy; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JUVENILE MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MYOCLONIC EPILEPSIES, PROGRESSIVE; MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY, JUVENILE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; UNVERRICHT-LUNDBORG SYNDROME;

EID: 78649249323     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2010.02557.x     Document Type: Article

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