Dose effects on intracarotid amobarbital test performance

Journal of Epilepsy

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 135-143

  Baxendale, Sallie A ^a   Thompson, Pamela J ^a   Savy, Lloyd ^a   Bhattacharya, Joe ^a   Shorvon, Simon D ^b  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epilepsy surgery; Intracarotid amobarbital procedure; Memory; Temporal lobectomy; Wada test

Indexed keywords

AMOBARBITAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFECT; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAARTERIAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY;

EID: 0030176077     PISSN: 08966974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0896-6974(95)00073-9     Document Type: Article

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