Crying with sorrow evoked by electrocortical stimulation

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 72-75

  Burghardt, Tyson ^a   Basha, Maysaa M ^a   Fuerst, Darren ^a   Mittal, Sandeep ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortical stimulation; Dacrystic seizures; Extraoperative intracranial video EEG; Subdural electrode implantation

Indexed keywords

ETIRACETAM; GABAPENTIN; PHENYTOIN;

ADULT; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYING; DEPRESSION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; NERVE STIMULATION; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CORTICAL STIMULATION; DACRYSTIC SEIZURES; EXTRAOPERATIVE INTRACRANIAL VIDEO-EEG; SUBDURAL ELECTRODE IMPLANTATION;

ADULT; CRYING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 84878190339     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: 19506945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/epd.2013.0559     Document Type: Note

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