Impairments of thalamic nuclei in idiopathic generalized epilepsy revealed by a study combining morphological and functional connectivity MRI

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Wang, Zhengge ^a   Zhang, Zhiqiang ^a   Jiao, Qing ^a   Liao, Wei ^b   Chen, Guanghui ^a   Sun, Kangjian ^a   Shen, Lianfang ^a   Wang, Maoxue ^a   Li, Kai ^c   Liu, Yijun ^d   Lu, Guangming ^a  

^a MEDICAL SCHOOL OF NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HANGZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SUZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; PHENYTOIN; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BILATERAL MEDIAL DORSAL NUCLEUS; BLOOD OXYGENATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBITAL FRONTAL GYRUS; PULVINAR; PUTAMEN; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; THREE DIMENSIONAL HIGH RESOLUTION T1 WEIGHTED MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALA; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PUTAMEN; SEIZURES; THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 84863822603     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039701     Document Type: Article

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