Ictal alterations of consciousness during ecstatic seizures

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue , 2014, Pages 58-61

  Picard, Fabienne ^a   Kurth, Florian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Consciousness; Ecstatic; Epilepsy; Insula; Meditation; Self awareness

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; AMPHETAMINE; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; COCAINE;

ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ANTERIOR INSULA; AWARENESS; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; DEFAULT MODE NETWORK; DRUG ABUSE; ECSTATIC SEIZURE; EMOTION; EPILEPTOGENESIS; HUMAN; MEDITATION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SELF CONCEPT; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; WELLBEING;

CONSCIOUSNESS; EPILEPSY; HUMANS;

EID: 84888434091     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2013.09.036     Document Type: Review

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