Absence epilepsy subnetworks revealed by event-related independent components analysis of functional magnetic resonance imaging

Richard AJ Masterton; Patrick W Carney; David F Abbott; Graeme D Jackson

Journal article

Absence epilepsy subnetworks revealed by event-related independent components analysis of functional magnetic resonance imaging

Richard AJ Masterton, Patrick W Carney, David F Abbott, Graeme D Jackson

EPILEPSIA | WILEY | Published : 2013

DOI: 10.1111/epi.12163

University of Melbourne Researchers

David Abbott Author Medicine - Austin Health

Graeme Jackson Author Florey Department of Neuroscience and Mental Health

Patrick Carney Author Medical Education

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Grants

Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia

Funding Acknowledgements

We thank the patients and their families for participation in this work; Dr. A. Simon Harvey, Professor Ingrid Scheffer, and the Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, for assistance in patient recruitment; and Danny Flanagan for assistance with EEG recording, reporting, and analysis. Funding was received from Pfizer Inc (Neuroscience Research Grant), the Dowd Foundation, the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (Program Grant 628952 and practitioner fellowship 527800 to GDJ), and the Operational Infrastructure Support Program of the State Government of Victoria, Australia.