Resting functional connectivity between the hemispheres in childhood absence epilepsy

Neurology

Volumn 76, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 1960-1967

  Bai, X ^a   Guo, J ^a   Killory, B ^a   Vestal, M ^a   Berman, R ^a   Negishi, M ^a   Danielson, N ^a   Novotny, E J ^a   Constable, R T ^a   Blumenfeld, H ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHOSUXIMIDE; ETIRACETAM; LAMOTRIGINE;

ABSENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SPIKE WAVE;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBRUM; CHILD; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 79958709527     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e31821e54de     Document Type: Article

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