Asymmetries in the effect of side of seizure onset on recognition memory following intracarotid amobarbital injection

Epilepsia

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1209-1215

  Breier, J I ^a   Thomas, A B ^a   Plenger, P M ^a   Wheless, J W ^a   Brookshire, B L ^a   Papanicolaou, A ^a   Willmore, L J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Intracarotid amobarbital sodium procedure (IAP); Object processing; Recognition memory; Temporal lobe

Indexed keywords

AMOBARBITAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; INTRAARTERIAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AMOBARBITAL; BRAIN; CAROTID ARTERIES; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; MALE; MEMORY; TEMPORAL LOBE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0030777545     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1997.tb01218.x     Document Type: Article

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