Hippocampal Stimulation in the Treatment of Epilepsy

Neurosurgery Clinics of North America

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 465-475

  Tellez Zenteno, Jose F ^a   Wiebe, Samuel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Deep brain stimulation; Epilepsy; Hippocampus; Surgery

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPILEPSY; EVIDENCE BASED NURSING; HIPPOCAMPUS STIMULATION; HUMAN; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROMODULATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SEIZURE FREQUENCY; SEIZURE REDUCTION; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTERIOR TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS;

EID: 80053091258     PISSN: 10423680     EISSN: 15581349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nec.2011.07.008     Document Type: Review

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