A test of spatial memory and its clinical utility in the pre-surgical investigation of temporal lobe epilepsy patients

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 591-602

  Baxendale, Sallie A ^a,b   Thompson, Pamela J ^a,b   Van Paesschen, Wim ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^b EPILEPSY SOCIETY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; SPATIAL MEMORY; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; COGNITION; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MOTOR SKILLS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0031853967     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3932(97)00163-2     Document Type: Article

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