Hemispheric asymmetries in arousal affect outcome of the intracarotid amobarbital test

Neurology

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1583-1590

  Glosser, G ^a   Cole, L C ^a   Deutsch, G K ^b   Donofrio, N ^a   Bagley, L ^a   Baltuch, G ^b   French, J A ^a  

^a Department of Neurology ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOBARBITAL;

ADULT; ALERTNESS; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INTRACAROTID AMOBARBITAL TEST; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; MEMORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY;

EID: 0033549117     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.52.8.1583     Document Type: Article

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