Hippocampal atrophy is not a major determinant of regional hypometabolism in temporal lobe epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 74-80

  O'Brien, T J ^a,b   Newton, M R ^b   Cook, M J ^c   Berlangieri, S U ^b   Kilpatrick, C ^a   Morris, K ^b   Berkovic, S F ^a  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

FDG PET; Hippocampal atrophy; Hypometabolism; Temporal lobe epilepsy; Volumetric MRI

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADULT; ATROPHY; BASAL GANGLIA; BRAIN; DEOXYGLUCOSE; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GLUCOSE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TEMPORAL LOBE; THALAMUS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0031034339     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1997.tb01080.x     Document Type: Article

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