Stereotactic diagnosis of epilepsy by electrical stimulation.
The effects and role of electrostimulation have been studied in 44 acute stereo-EEG explorations. Analysis of the stimulus threshold and of the clinical and electrical responses allows to separate the epileptogenic, the irritative, the "physiologically" reacting and the actually "silent" areas of the epileptic brain. Electrical stimulation is a valuable diagnostic method to reveal the focality, the multiplicity and the degree of the seizure disposition in epilepsy.
D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D013238:Stereotaxic Techniques