The cortical excitability profile of temporal lobe epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1942-1949

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

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c Bionics Institute   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cortical excitability; Refractory seizures; Seizure freedom; Temporal lobe epilepsy; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; ETIRACETAM; GABAPENTIN; HARKOSERIDE; LAMOTRIGINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL EXCITABILITY; DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; INTERSTIMULUS INTERVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOTOR THRESHOLD; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE GENERATOR; SEIZURE; STIMULUS; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CORTICAL EXCITABILITY; REFRACTORY SEIZURES; SEIZURE FREEDOM; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887222129     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/epi.12374     Document Type: Article

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