Functional connectivity changes in patients with absence epilepsy studied using resting-state functional MRI

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 413-418

  Fang, Tie ^a   Fang, Fang ^c   Zhu, Hongwei ^a   Zhang, Guojun ^a   Liu, Zhuxiang ^b   Li, Yongjie ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

^c CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Absence epilepsy; Default mode network; Functional brain modules; Functional connectivity; Functional MRI

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; VALPROIC ACID;

ABSENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SUPERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; CHILD; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; REST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875226101     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: 15322653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2012.02.044     Document Type: Article

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