Abnormal thalamocortical structural and functional connectivity in juvenile myoclonic epilepsy

Brain

Volumn 135, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3635-3644

  O'Muircheartaigh, Jonathan ^a,b   Vollmar, Christian ^c,d,e   Barker, Gareth J ^a   Kumari, Veena ^a   Symms, Mark R ^c,e   Thompson, Pam ^c,e   Duncan, John S ^c,e   Koepp, Matthias J ^c,e   Richardson, Mark P ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Brown University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e EPILEPSY SOCIETY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

connectivity; diffusion MRI; functional MRI; juvenile myoclonic epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEIZURE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS ANTERIOR NUCLEUS; TRACTOGRAPHY;

EID: 84871753382     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/aws296     Document Type: Article

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