Clinical Neurophysiology
Volume 120, Issue 11 , Pages 1923-1926 , November 2009

Abnormal auditory cortex with giant N100m signal in patients with autosomal dominant lateral temporal lobe epilepsy

  • Keiko Usui

      Affiliations

    • Human Brain Research Center, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
    • National Epilepsy Center, Shizuoka Institute of Epilepsy and Neurological Disorders, Shizuoka, Japan
    • ,
  • Akio Ikeda

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Department of Neurology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Shogoin, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan. Tel.: +81 75 751 3772; fax: +81 75 751 9416.
    • ,
  • Takashi Nagamine

      Affiliations

    • Human Brain Research Center, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
    • ,
  • Jun Matsubayashi

      Affiliations

    • Human Brain Research Center, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
    • ,
  • Riki Matsumoto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
    • ,
  • Harukazu Hiraumi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
    • ,
  • Jun Kawamata

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
    • ,
  • Masao Matsuhashi

      Affiliations

    • Human Brain Research Center, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
    • ,
  • Ryosuke Takahashi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
    • ,
  • Hidenao Fukuyama

      Affiliations

    • Human Brain Research Center, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

,Accepted 24 August 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.clinph.2009.08.020

Clinical Neurophysiology
Volume 120, Issue 11 , Pages 1923-1926 , November 2009

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