Children with a history of atypical febrile seizures show abnormal steady state visual evoked potential brain responses

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 90-94

  Sheppard, E ^a,b   Birca, A ^a   Lassonde, M ^a,b   Lippe S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atypical; Children; Cognition; Development; EEG; Electrophysiology; Epilepsy; Febrile seizure; Steady state visual evoked potentials

Indexed keywords

ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STEADY STATE; THETA RHYTHM;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SEIZURES, FEBRILE;

EID: 84873318840     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2012.12.023     Document Type: Article

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