Working memory in temporal lobe epilepsy: An event-related potential study

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 200-213

  Grippo, A ^a   Pelosi, L ^b   Mehta, V ^c   Blumhardt, L D ^c  

^a Ospedale Civile   (Italy)

^b NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognition; Event related potentials; Memory scanning; Temporal lobe epilepsy; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0030248648     PISSN: 00134694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0013-4694(96)95705-3     Document Type: Article

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