Autonomic changes with seizures correlate with postictal EEG suppression

Neurology

Volumn 78, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 1868-1876

  Poh, M Z ^a,b   Loddenkemper, T ^c   Reinsberger, C ^d   Swenson, N C ^a,b   Goyal, S ^b   Madsen, J R ^c   Picard, R W ^b  

^a HARVARD MIT DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MIT MEDIA LAB   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SUDDEN DEATH; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

EID: 84863574319     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e318258f7f1     Document Type: Article

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