Peri-ictal network dynamics of spike-wave discharges: Phase and spectral characteristics

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 239, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 235-247

  Lüttjohann, Annika ^a   Schoffelen, Jan Mathijs ^b,c   van Luijtelaar, Gilles ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cortico thalamo cortical system; Epileptic precursor activity; Network interactions; Pairwise phase consistency; Posterior thalamus; Reticular thalamic nucleus; Somatosensory cortex; Spike wave discharges; Time frequency analysis; WAG Rij rats

Indexed keywords

ABSENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; DELTA RHYTHM; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; MALE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPIKE WAVE; THALAMUS ANTERIOR NUCLEUS; THALAMUS POSTERIOR NUCLEUS; THALAMUS RETICULAR NUCLEUS; THETA RHYTHM;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; EVOKED POTENTIALS; MALE; NERVE NET; POSTERIOR THALAMIC NUCLEI; RATS; SEIZURES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THALAMUS;

EID: 84870266151     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2012.10.021     Document Type: Article

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