Extratemporal lobe circuits in temporal lobe epilepsy

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue , 2014, Pages 13-18

  Bertram, Edward H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Neural circuits; Physiology; Subcortical connections; Temporal lobe

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; MESIAL TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SUBCORTEX; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; THALAMUS DORSOMEDIAL NUCLEUS;

EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; HUMANS; MEDIODORSAL THALAMIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 84910599591     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2014.07.012     Document Type: Review

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