White matter microstructural changes of thalamocortical networks in photosensitivity and idiopathic generalized epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 668-676

  Groppa, Sergiu ^a   Moeller, Friederike ^a   Siebner, Hartwig ^b,c   Wolff, Stephan ^a   Riedel, Christian ^a   Deuschl, Günther ^a   Stephani, Ulrich ^a   Siniatchkin, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Generalized epilepsy; Photoparoxysmal response; Photosensitivity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL CORTEX; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMOCORTEX NETWORK; THALAMUS; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; THALAMUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859424088     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2012.03414.x     Document Type: Article

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