A phenomenological model of seizure initiation suggests network structure may explain seizure frequency in idiopathic generalised epilepsy

Journal of Mathematical Neuroscience

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Benjamin, Oscar ^a   Fitzgerald, Thomas H B ^b   Ashwin, Peter ^c   Tsaneva Atanasova, Krasimira ^a   Chowdhury, Fahmida ^b   Richardson, Mark P ^b   Terry, John R ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORBIDITY; NOISE; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

EID: 84859486387     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21908567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2190-8567-2-1     Document Type: Article

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