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Article: Research from Campinas State University has provided new data on epilepsy.
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- Biotech Week
- Article date:
- July 22, 2009
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"Simultaneous measurements of EEG-functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) combine the high temporal resolution of EEG with the distinctive spatial resolution of fMRI. The purpose of this EEG-fMRI study was to search for hemodynamic responses (blood oxygen level-dependent-BOLD responses) associated with interictal activity in a case of right mesial temporal lobe epilepsy before and after a successful selective amygdalohippocampectomy," scientists writing in the Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research report (see also Epilepsy).
"Therefore, the study found the epileptogenic source by this noninvasive imaging technique and compared the results ...