On the midway to epilepsy: Is cortical excitability normal in patients with isolated seizures?

International Journal of Neural Systems

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Bionics Institute   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cortical excitability; epilepsy; isolated seizures; transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

CORTICAL EXCITABILITY; EPILEPSY; ISOLATED SEIZURES; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

FUNCTIONAL ELECTRIC STIMULATION;

NEUROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEIZURE; TIME; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEIZURES; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893254347     PISSN: 01290657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0129065714300022     Document Type: Review

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