The system epilepsies: A pathophysiological hypothesis

Epilepsia

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 771-778

  Avanzini, Giuliano ^a   Manganotti, Paolo ^b   Meletti, Stefano ^c   Moshé, Solomon L ^d   Panzica, Ferruccio ^a   Wolf, Peter ^e   Capovilla, Giuseppe ^f  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^d ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e DANISH EPILEPSY CENTRE   (Denmark)

^f CARLO POMA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cortico cortical connections; Focal epilepsies; Generalized epilepsies; Neural systems; Thalamo cortical systems

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILDHOOD ABSENCE EPILEPSY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION; SYSTEM EPILEPSY; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; WEST SYNDROME;

BRAIN; EPILEPSY; HUMANS;

EID: 84860700560     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2012.03462.x     Document Type: Review

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