Visual cortex hyperexcitability in idiopathic generalized epilepsies with photosensitivity: A TMS pilot study

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 301-306

  Brigo, Francesco ^a,b   Bongiovanni, Luigi Giuseppe ^a   Nardone, Raffaele ^b,c   Trinka, Eugen ^c   Tezzon, Frediano ^b   Fiaschi, Antonio ^a   Manganotti, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b FRANZ TAPPEINER HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Idiopathic generalized epilepsy; Motor threshold; Phosphene threshold; Photosensitivity; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EXCITABILITY; FEMALE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; REMISSION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL THRESHOLD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHENES; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDERS; PILOT PROJECTS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876035756     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2013.02.010     Document Type: Article

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