Decreased cortical excitability in Unverricht-Lundborg disease in the long-term follow-up: A consecutive SEP study

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 122, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1617-1621

  Kobayashi, Katsuya ^a   Matsumoto, Riki ^a   Kondo, Takayuki ^a   Kawamata, Jun ^a   Hitomi, Takefumi ^a   Inouchi, Morito ^a   Matsuhashi, Masao ^b   Takahashi, Ryosuke ^a   Ikeda, Akio ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Giant SEP; Progressive myoclonus epilepsy type 1; Somatosensory evoked potential; Unverricht Lundborg disease

Indexed keywords

CLONAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM; PHENOBARBITAL; PIRACETAM; VALPROIC ACID; ZONISAMIDE;

ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN CORTEX; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL EXCITABILITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FOLLOW UP; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE STIMULATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; CYSTATIN B; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; REACTION TIME; UNVERRICHT-LUNDBORG SYNDROME;

EID: 79960261805     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2011.01.039     Document Type: Article

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