Unusual cortical stimulation findings: Connectivity between primary motor and supplementary motor areas

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 639-642

  Kovac, Stjepana ^a,b   Scott, Catherine ^a   Rugg Gunn, Fergus ^a   Miserocchi, Anna ^a,c   Vollmar, Christian ^a   Rodionov, Roman ^a   McEvoy, Andrew ^a   Diehl, Beate ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cortical stimulation; Epilepsy surgery; Focal epilepsy; Frontal lobe

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CASE REPORT; CORTICAL STIMULATION; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HAND; HUMAN; LEG; MOTOR CORTEX; PRIMARY MOTOR AREA; SEIZURE; SUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR AREA;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURAL PATHWAYS; SEIZURES;

EID: 78649921859     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2010.09.006     Document Type: Article

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