Subcortical epilepsy?

Neurology

Volumn 80, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 1901-1907

  Badawy, Radwa A B ^a,b   Lai, Alan ^c   Vogrin, Simon J ^a,b   Cook, Mark J ^a,b  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c Bionics Institute   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULAR FORMATION; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SPIKE WAVE; SUBCORTICAL EPILEPSY; THALAMUS; THALAMUS RETICULAR NUCLEUS; TUBER CINEREUM; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; NERVE NET;

EID: 84879070623     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3182929f4f     Document Type: Review

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