Refractory epilepsy and deep brain stimulation

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 27-33

  Pereira, Erlick A C ^a   Green, Alexander L ^a   Stacey, Richard J ^a   Aziz, Tipu Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deep brain stimulation; Epilepsy; Extratemporal lobe epilepsy; Generalised epilepsy; Partial epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CORPUS CALLOSTOMY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; STEREOTACTIC TREATMENT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 84855197141     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: 15322653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2011.03.043     Document Type: Review

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