Physiological consequences of abnormal connectivity in a developmental epilepsy

Shafi, M. M., Vernet, M., Klooster, D., Chu, C. J., Boric, K., Barnard, M. E., Romatoski, K., Westover, M. B., Christodoulou, J. A., Gabrieli, J. D., Whitfield-Gabrieli, S., Pascual-Leone, A., & Chang, B. S. (2015). Physiological consequences of abnormal connectivity in a developmental epilepsy. Annals of Neurology, 77(3), 487–503. https://doi.org/10.1002/ana.24343 

Summary: Our findings indicate that patients with epilepsy from gray matter heterotopia have altered cortical physiology consistent with hyperexcitability, and that this abnormality is specifically linked to the presence of aberrant connectivity.

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