Defective visual inhibition in photosensitive idiopathic generalized epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 695-704

  Strigaro, Gionata ^a   Prandi, Paolo ^a   Varrasi, Claudia ^a   Monaco, Francesco ^a   Cantello, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

Author keywords

Flash visual evoked potentials; Idiopathic generalized epilepsy; Neural inhibition; Paired stimulation; Photosensitivity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED RESPONSE; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MALE; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PHOTOSENSITIVE IDIOPATHIC GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, REFLEX; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TIME FACTORS; VIDEO RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859420902     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2012.03411.x     Document Type: Article

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