Does greater low frequency EEG activity in normal immaturity and in children with epilepsy arise in the same neuronal network?

Brain Topography

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 78-89

  Michels, L ^a,b   Bucher, K ^b   Brem, S ^c   Halder, P ^c   Luchinger R ^c   Liechti, M ^c   Martin, E ^b,c   Jeanmonod, D ^a,c   Kroll J ^d   Brandeis, D ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d SWISS EPILEPSY CENTER   (Switzerland)

^e CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alpha; Brain immaturity; Epilepsy; sLORETA; Spontaneous EEG; Theta

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MATURATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTA RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMATURITY; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPECTROSCOPY; THETA RHYTHM;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN WAVES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 79951723315     PISSN: 08960267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10548-010-0161-y     Document Type: Article

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