A decade of experience with deep brain stimulation for patients with refractory medial temporal lobe epilepsy

International Journal of Neural Systems

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Vonck, Kristl ^a   Sprengers, Mathieu ^a   Carrette, Evelien ^a   Dauwe, Ine ^a   Miatton, Marijke ^a   Meurs, Alfred ^a   Goossens, Lut ^a   De Herdt, Veerle ^a   Achten, Rik ^b   Thiery, Evert ^a   Raedt, Robrecht ^a   Van Roost, Dirk ^b   Boon, Paul ^a  

^a Department of Neurology   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Deep brain stimulation; Medial temporal lobe; Neurostimulation; Refractory epilepsy

Indexed keywords

DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; FREQUENCY REDUCTION; LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROSTIMULATION; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBES;

NEUROLOGY; REFRACTORY MATERIALS; SURGERY;

LINEARIZATION;

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLASSIFICATION; ELECTRODE IMPLANT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; SEIZURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84872424976     PISSN: 01290657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0129065712500347     Document Type: Article

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