Surgical techniques for investigating the role of the insula in epilepsy: A review

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Desai, Atman ^a   Bekelis, Kimon ^a   Darcey, Terrance M ^a   Roberts, David W ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Epilepsy surgery; Insula; Intracranial electrodes; Stereotaxy

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; STEREOTACTIC PROCEDURE;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTRODES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84858603457     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2012.1.FOCUS11325     Document Type: Review

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