Epilepsy as a disorder of cortical network organization

Neuroscientist

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 360-372

  Kramer, Mark A ^a   Cash, Sydney S ^b,c  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

coupling; functional network; rhythms; seizure; structural network

Indexed keywords

BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPIKE WAVE;

BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 84864123110     PISSN: 10738584     EISSN: 10894098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073858411422754     Document Type: Review

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