Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 356-365

  Tatum, William O ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

EEG; epilepsy surgery; hippocampus; mesial temporal lobe epilepsy; neurophysiology; nocal seizures

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE PROTEIN 1;

ALPHA RHYTHM; AMYGDALOHIPPOCAMPECTOMY; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN SURGERY; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; HEART FORAMEN OVALE; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; LOW RESOLUTION BRAIN ELECTROMAGNETIC TOMOGRAPHY; MESIAL TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; REVIEW; SPIKE; TEMPORAL LOBE; THETA RHYTHM; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; VAGUS REFLEX;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN WAVES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIODICITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 84867023842     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: 15371603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNP.0b013e31826b3ab7     Document Type: Review

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