Evidence for increased visual gamma responses in photosensitive epilepsy

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1076-1086

  Perry, Gavin ^a   Brindley, Lisa M ^a   Muthukumaraswamy, Suresh D ^a   Singh, Krish D ^a   Hamandi, Khalid ^a,b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Magnetoencephalography; Photosensitive epilepsy; Visual gamma

Indexed keywords

ETIRACETAM; LAMOTRIGINE; METHYLPHENIDATE; VALPROIC ACID; ZONISAMIDE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD ABSENCE EPILEPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; GAMMA RHYTHM; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; PHOTOSENSITIVE EPILEPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; VISUAL STIMULATION; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECTS; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; EPILEPSY, REFLEX; EVOKED RESPONSE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN; CHILD; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; EPILEPSY, REFLEX; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; GAMMA RHYTHM; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; VALPROIC ACID; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902266086     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: 18726844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2014.04.012     Document Type: Article

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