Abnormal visual habituation in pediatric photosensitive epilepsy

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 16-20

  Brazzo, D ^a,b   Di Lorenzo, G ^c   Bill, P ^d   Fasce, M ^b   Papalia, G ^e   Veggiotti, P ^b,e   Seri, S ^a,d  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b C MONDINO NATIONAL NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^d BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Habituation; Pattern reversal VEP; Photosensitivity; Sensory gating

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; CHILD; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; PHOTOSENSITIVE EPILEPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL HABITUATION;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN WAVES; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, REFLEX; FEMALE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 78650170693     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2010.06.002     Document Type: Article

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