Assessment of the functional effect of the intracarotid sodium amobarbital procedure using co-registered MRI/HMPAO-SPECT and SEEG

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 50-70

  Mcmackin, D ^a,b   Dubeau, F ^a,b   Jones Gotman, M ^a,b   Gotman, J ^a,b   Lukban, A ^a,b   Dean, G ^a,b   Evans, A ^a,b   Tampieri, D ^a,b   Lisbona, R ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOBARBITAL; HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEAFFERENTATION; DELTA RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INTRAARTERIAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030974964     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/brcg.1997.0884     Document Type: Article

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