Benign epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes: Is there a thalamocortical network dysfunction present?

•Spikes in BECTS is typically activated by drowsiness and stage N2 sleep.•Sleep spindles are features of stage N2 sleep and generated by thalamocortical loop.•Features of interictal sleep spindles evaluated for BECTS and age-matched controls.•Amplitude, duration and density of sleep spindles were si...

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