Cortical and thalamic resting-state functional connectivity is altered in childhood absence epilepsy

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 327-334

  Masterton, Richard A ^a   Carney, Patrick W ^a,b   Jackson, Graeme D ^a,b  

^a FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Absence; FMRI; Functional connectivity

Indexed keywords

ABSENCE; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SLEEP; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; WAKEFULNESS;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE NET; REST; THALAMUS;

EID: 84860456558     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: 18726844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2011.12.014     Document Type: Article

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