Relation between intracarotid amobarbital memory asymmetry scores and hippocampal sclerosis in patients undergoing anterior temporal lobe resections

Epilepsia

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 522-525

  Davies, Keith G ^a,d   Hermann, Bruce P ^a,b,c   Foley, Kevin T ^a,b,c  

^a Baptist Memorial Hospital   (United States)

^b Semmes Murphey Clinic   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d Epi Care Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Hippocampal sclerosis; Intracarotid amobarbital test; Memory; Temporal lobectomy

Indexed keywords

AMOBARBITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLEROSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMOBARBITAL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GLIOSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; SCLEROSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0030006758     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1996.tb00603.x     Document Type: Article

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