A Biologically Constrained, Mathematical Model of Cortical Wave Propagation Preceding Seizure Termination

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  González Ramírez, Laura R ^a   Ahmed, Omar J ^b,c   Cash, Sydney S ^b,c   Wayne, C Eugene ^a   Kramer, Mark A ^a  

^a USA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY;

CONDITION; CORTICAL WAVES; IN-VIVO; LOCAL FIELD POTENTIALS; NEURONAL POPULATIONS; PARAMETERS CONFIGURATION; POPULATION ACTIVITIES; RHYTHMIC ACTIVITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL PATTERNS; TRAVELING WAVE SOLUTION;

WAVE PROPAGATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE CELL; SEIZURE; YOUNG ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ELECTRODE IMPLANT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; SEIZURES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924386704     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004065     Document Type: Article

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