Brain mechanisms of altered consciousness in generalised seizures

Behavioural Neurology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 43-46

  Seri, Stefano ^a   Brazzo, Daniela ^a   Thai, Ngoc J ^a   Cerquiglini, Antonella ^b  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Consciousness; functional imaging; generalized epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CONSCIOUSNESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PARIETAL CORTEX; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; STRIATE CORTEX; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT;

EID: 79953239740     PISSN: 09534180     EISSN: 18758584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/BEN-2011-0317     Document Type: Article

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