Sphenoidal electrodes significantly change the results of source localization of interictal spikes for a large percentage of patients with temporal lobe epilepsy

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 373-379

  Hamaneh, Mehdi B ^a   Limotai, Chusak ^a   Lüders, Hans O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Averaged spikes; EEG; presurgical evaluation; Source localization; Sphenoidal electrodes; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPOLE; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; INSULA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPHENOID ELECTRODE; SPIKE WAVE; SYMPTOM; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGED; ELECTRODES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPHENOID BONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051782018     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: 15371603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNP.0b013e3182273225     Document Type: Article

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