Transcranial ultrasound stimulation: A possible therapeutic approach to epilepsy

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 381-383

  Yang, Tianhua ^a   Chen, Jiani ^a   Yan, Bo ^a   Zhou, Dong ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH FACTOR;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PULSE RATE; PULSE WAVE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOUND INTENSITY; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL ULTRASOUND STIMULATION; WAVEFORM;

DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEIZURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 79751527115     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2010.10.046     Document Type: Article

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