Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) modulates epileptiform discharges in patients with frontal lobe epilepsy: A preliminary EEG-TMS study

International Journal of Neural Systems

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Kimiskidis, Vasilios K ^a   Kugiumtzis, Dimitris ^a   Papagiannopoulos, Sotirios ^a   Vlaikidis, Nikolaos ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Brain connectivity; Electroencephalogram; Epileptiform discharges; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CONNECTIVITY; BRAIN STIMULATION; ELECTROGRAPHIC; EPILEPTIC FOCI; EPILEPTIC PATIENTS; EPILEPTIFORM ACTIVITY; EPILEPTIFORM DISCHARGES; EPILEPTOGENIC FOCI; FIGURE-OF-EIGHT COILS; FRONTAL LOBES; PARTIAL EPILEPSY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY ROOMS; EXPERIMENTS; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRIC STIMULATION; NEUROLOGY;

BRAIN;

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, FRONTAL LOBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872408106     PISSN: 01290657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0129065712500359     Document Type: Article

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