Autonomic changes following generalized tonic clonic seizures: An analysis of adult and pediatric patients with epilepsy

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 115, Issue , 2015, Pages 113-118

  Sarkis, Rani A ^a   Thome Souza, Sigride ^a   Poh, Ming Zher ^b   Llewellyn, Nichelle ^a   Klehm, Jacquelyn ^a   Madsen, Joseph R ^a   Picard, Rosalind ^b,c   Pennell, Page B ^a   Dworetzky, Barbara A ^a   Loddenkemper, Tobias ^a   Reinsberger, Claus ^a,d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MIT MEDIA LAB   (United States)

^c Empatica Inc ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Electrodermal activity; Generalized tonic clonic seizures; Post ictal generalized EEG suppression; Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EEG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MALE; PARASYMPATHETIC TONE; PATIENT MONITORING; POST ICTAL GENERALIZED EEG SUPPRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSOR; SUDDEN DEATH; SYMPATHETIC TONE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; VAGUS TONE; WRIST SENSOR; AGING; BRAIN; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HEART RATE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; PHYSIOLOGY; SEIZURE; TIME FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; BRAIN; CHILD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937953439     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: 18726844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2015.06.005     Document Type: Article

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