EEG-fMRI reveals activation of brainstem and thalamus in patients with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome

Epilepsia

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 766-774

  Siniatchkin, Michael ^a   Coropceanu, Diana ^a   Moeller, Friederike ^a   Boor, Rainer ^b   Stephani, Ulrich ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b Epilepsy Center   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Children; EEG fMRI; Lennox Gastaut syndrome; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; CLOBAZAM; ETIRACETAM; LAMOTRIGINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; RUFINAMIDE; SULTIAME; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; ZONISAMIDE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INFANTILE SPASM; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS;

BRAIN STEM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; SPASMS, INFANTILE; THALAMUS;

EID: 79953678367     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2010.02948.x     Document Type: Article

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