Temporal lobe epilepsy: Evidence for interictal uncoupling of blood flow and glucose metabolism in temporomesial structures

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 28-34

  Fink, G R ^a   Pawlik, G ^a   Stefan, H ^b   Pietrzyk, U ^a   Wienhard, K ^a   Heiss, W D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR NEUROLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebral blood flow; Glucose metabolism; Hippocampal sclerosis; Positron emission tomography; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; GLUCOSE UTILIZATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EID: 0029985972     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-510X(95)00323-T     Document Type: Article

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