High-frequency oscillations and other electrophysiological biomarkers of epilepsy: Clinical studies

Biomarkers in Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 557-566

  Worrell, Greg ^b   Gotman, Jean ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

epilepsy surgery; epileptogenic zone; fast ripple; high frequency oscillation; ripple; seizure onset zone; wide bandwidth EEG

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN REGION; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; HIGH FREQUENCY OSCILLATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MONITORING; NEUROSURGERY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; WAKEFULNESS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; SEIZURES;

EID: 80054828173     PISSN: 17520363     EISSN: 17520371     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/bmm.11.74     Document Type: Review

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