TMS-EEG reveals impaired intracortical interactions and coherence in Unverricht-Lundborg type progressive myoclonus epilepsy (EPM1)

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 106, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 103-112

  Julkunen, Petro ^a   Säisänen, Laura ^a,b   Könönen, Mervi ^a   Vanninen, Ritva ^a,b   Kälviäinen, Reetta ^a,b   Mervaala, Esa ^a,b  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Electroencephalography; Neurophysiology; Progressive myoclonus epilepsy; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Unverricht Lundborg disease

Indexed keywords

CLOBAZAM; CLONAZEPAM; ETIRACETAM; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PIRACETAM; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BETA RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAMMA RHYTHM; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; OSCILLATION; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PROGRESSIVE MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; UNVERRICHT-LUNDBORG DISEASE;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; THETA RHYTHM; THUMB; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; UNVERRICHT-LUNDBORG SYNDROME;

EID: 84883279754     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: 18726844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2013.04.001     Document Type: Article

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