EEG functional connectivity of the intrahemispheric cortico-cortical network of idiopathic generalized epilepsy

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 96, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 11-23

  Clemens, B ^a   Puskas S ^b   Bessenyei, M ^a   Emri, M ^c   Spisak T ^c   Koselak M ^c   Hollody K ^d   Fogarasi, A ^e   Kondakor I ^f   Fule K ^f   Bense, K ^f   Fekete, I ^b  

^a Kenezy Hospital   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^e Bethesda Children's Hospital   (Hungary)

^f 1st Department of Internal Medicine   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Idiopathic generalized epilepsy; LORETA Source Correlation; Network

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN CORTEX; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY WITH GENERALIZED TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; JUVENILE ABSENCE EPILEPSY; JUVENILE MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY; LEFT HEMISPHERE; LOW RESOLUTION BRAIN ELECTROMAGNETIC TOMOGRAPHY; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052847621     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: 18726844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2011.04.011     Document Type: Article

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