Interhemispheric memory transfer in the intracarotid amobarbital procedure

Neuropsychiatry, Neuropsychology and Behavioral Neurology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 8-11

  Perrine, Kenneth ^a   Donofrio, Nancy ^a   Devinsky, Orrin ^a   Gershengorn, Janet ^a   Luciano, Daniel J ^a   Nelson, Peter Kim ^b  

^a NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amobarbital; Disconnection; Epilepsy; Memory; Wada test

Indexed keywords

AMOBARBITAL;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INTRAARTERIAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MEMORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE; VERBALIZATION; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; AMOBARBITAL; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY); VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0031922998     PISSN: 0894878X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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