Controlling Cerebellar Output to Treat Refractory Epilepsy

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 787-799

  Kros, Lieke ^a   Eelkman Rooda, Oscar H J ^a   De Zeeuw, Chris I ^a,b   Hoebeek, Freek E ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cerebellar nuclei; Deep brain stimulation (DBS); Refractory epilepsy

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; DRUG RESISTANT EPILEPSY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPSY; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FREQUENCY; HUMAN; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; REVIEW; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; ANIMAL; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; NERVE TRACT; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; CEREBELLUM; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; DRUG RESISTANT EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; HUMANS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 84947460904     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: 1878108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2015.10.002     Document Type: Review

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