Journal of Child Neurology

 

Advanced Search

Journal Navigation

Journal Home

Subscriptions

Archive

Contact Us

Table of Contents

http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/childneurology

Click here to sign up for SAGE Journal Email Alerts today!

Sign In to gain access to subscriptions and/or personal tools.
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow References
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to Saved Citations
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Request Reprints
Right arrow Add to My Marked Citations
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Kubota, M.
Right arrow Articles by Sakakihara, Y.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Kubota, M.
Right arrow Articles by Sakakihara, Y.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us   Add to Digg   Add to Reddit   Add to Technorati  
What's this?
Journal of Child Neurology, Vol. 19, No. 6, 456-459 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/088307380401900612

Magnetoencephalographic Analysis of Rolandic Discharges in a Patient With Rolandic Epilepsy Associated With Oromotor Deficits

Masaya Kubota

Department of Pediatrics University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan, mkmegped{at}opal.plala.or.jp

Kazuhide Takeshita

Department of Pediatrics University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan

Makiko Saitoh

Department of Pediatrics University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan

Ikumi Kimura

Department of Pediatrics University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan

Yoichi Sakakihara

Department of Pediatrics University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan

The purpose of this study was to clarify the neurophysiologic basis of oromotor deficits in a patient with atypical rolandic epilepsy. We investigated magnetoencephalographic analysis of rolandic discharges with right predominance before and during clonazepam therapy. Before clonazepam administration, current sources of rolandic discharges were broadly distributed in the secondary sensory cortex, superior temporal gyrus, and parietal association area in addition to hand and orofacial division of the primary somatosensory cortex. During clonazepam therapy, oromotor deficits were improved, along with a decrease in rolandic discharge, and current sources of residual right-sided rolandic discharges were shifted to the right superior parietal lobule. Taking the clinical course and magnetoencephalographic findings together, the distributed rolandic discharge focus might be closely related to oromotor deficits, and clonazepam was effective for the disorder. (J Child Neurol 2004;19:456-459).


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us   Add to Digg Digg   Add to Reddit Reddit   Add to Technorati Technorati    What's this?


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 J Child NeurolHome page
F. F. Perkins Jr, J. Breier, M. H. McManis, E. Castillo, J. Wheless, A. L. McGregor, M. Chacon, and D. F. Clarke
Benign Rolandic Epilepsy--Perhaps Not So Benign: Use of Magnetic Source Imaging as a Predictor of Outcome
J Child Neurol, April 1, 2008; 23(4): 389 - 393.
[Abstract] [PDF]