Epileptic neuronal networks: Methods of identification and clinical relevance

Frontiers in Neurology

Volumn 4 MAR, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Stefan, Hermann ^a   da Silva, Fernando H Lopes ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Basic concepts; Clinical approaches; Epileptic networks; MEG EEG; Neurophysiological classification

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DYSPLASIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; SPIKE WAVE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EID: 84878777084     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2013.00008     Document Type: Article

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