Epilepsy Research
Volume 87, Issue 1 , Pages 12-17 , November 2009

Movement induces suppression of interictal spikes in sensorimotor neocortical epilepsy

  • Takufumi Yanagisawa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Osaka University Medical School, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
    • ATR Computational Neuroscience Laboratories, Kyoto 619-0288, Japan
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  • Masayuki Hirata

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Osaka University Medical School, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
    • Division of Functional Diagnostic Science, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Neurosurgery, Osaka University Medical School, E6 2-2 Yamadaoka Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan. Tel.: +81 6 6879 3652; fax: +81 6 6879 3659.
    • ,
  • Haruhiko Kishima

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Osaka University Medical School, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
    • ,
  • Tetsu Goto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Osaka University Medical School, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
    • ,
  • Youichi Saitoh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Osaka University Medical School, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
    • ,
  • Satoru Oshino

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Osaka University Medical School, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
    • ,
  • Koichi Hosomi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Osaka University Medical School, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
    • ,
  • Amami Kato

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Kinki University Medical School, Osaka, Japan
    • CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Tokyo, Japan
    • ,
  • Toshiki Yoshimine

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Osaka University Medical School, Osaka 565-0871, Japan

Received 28 March 2009 ,Revised 27 June 2009 ,Accepted 11 July 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2009.07.002

Epilepsy Research
Volume 87, Issue 1 , Pages 12-17 , November 2009

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