Cortical excitability and refractory epilepsy: A three-year longitudinal transcranial magnetic stimulation study

International Journal of Neural Systems

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Badawy, Radwa A B ^a,b,c   Jackson, Graeme D ^a,b,c   Berkovic, Samuel F ^a,b,c   MacDonell, Richard A L ^a,b,c  

^a AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cortical excitability; Refractory epilepsy; Seizure freedom; Seizures; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

CORTICAL EXCITABILITY; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FREE GROUPS; SEIZURE FREEDOM; SEIZURES; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

FUNCTIONAL ELECTRIC STIMULATION; REFRACTORY MATERIALS;

NEUROLOGY;

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EPILEPSY; EQUIPMENT; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872395202     PISSN: 01290657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S012906571250030X     Document Type: Article

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