Epilepsy Research
Volume 87, Issue 1 , Pages 77-87 , November 2009

Quantitative brain surface mapping of an electrophysiologic/metabolic mismatch in human neocortical epilepsy

  • Bálint Alkonyi

      Affiliations

    • Carman and Ann Adams Department of Pediatrics, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA
    • PET Center, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI, USA
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  • Csaba Juhász

      Affiliations

    • Carman and Ann Adams Department of Pediatrics, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA
    • Department of Neurology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA
    • PET Center, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Pediatrics, PET Center, Children's Hospital of Michigan, 3901 Beaubien Blvd, Detroit, MI 48201, USA. Tel.: +1 313 966 5136; fax: +1 313 966 9228.
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  • Otto Muzik

      Affiliations

    • PET Center, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI, USA
    • ,
  • Eishi Asano

      Affiliations

    • Carman and Ann Adams Department of Pediatrics, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA
    • Department of Neurology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA
    • ,
  • Anita Saporta

      Affiliations

    • Carman and Ann Adams Department of Pediatrics, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA
    • PET Center, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI, USA
    • ,
  • Aashit Shah

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA
    • ,
  • Harry T. Chugani

      Affiliations

    • Carman and Ann Adams Department of Pediatrics, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA
    • Department of Neurology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA
    • PET Center, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI, USA

Received 4 June 2009 ,Revised 3 August 2009 ,Accepted 5 August 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2009.08.002

Epilepsy Research
Volume 87, Issue 1 , Pages 77-87 , November 2009

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