Interictal regional slow activity in temporal lobe epilepsy correlates with lateral temporal hypometabolism as imaged with 18FDG PET: Neurophysiological and metabolic implications

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 170-176

  Koutroumanidis, Michael ^a,b   Binnie, Colin D ^a   Elwes, Robert D C ^a   Polkey, Charles E ^a   Seed, Paul ^b   Alarcon, Gonzalo ^a   Cox, Tim ^a   Barrington, Sally ^c   Marsden, Paul ^c   Maisey, Michael N ^c   Panayiotopoulos, Chrysostomos P ^c  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electroencephalography; Positron emission tomography; Slow wave activity; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN METABOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; NEOCORTEX; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEIZURE; SLOW BRAIN WAVE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; DELTA RHYTHM; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENERGY METABOLISM; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; REACTION TIME; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0031827796     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.65.2.170     Document Type: Article

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