Functional plasticity after left anterior temporal lobectomy: Reconstitution and compensation of verbal memory functions

Epilepsia

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 399-406

  Helmstaedter, C ^a   Elger, C E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cortical functions; Left temporal lobe epilepsy; Memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOBECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE; VERBAL MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGING; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 0031944337     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1998.tb01392.x     Document Type: Article

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