Affective aggression in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy. A quantitative MRI study of the amygdala

Brain

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 234-243

  Tebartz Van Elst, L ^a,b   Woermann, F G ^a   Lemieux, L ^a   Thompson, P J ^a   Trimble, M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aggression; Amygdala; Intermittent explosive disorder; MRT; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EID: 0033963593     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/123.2.234     Document Type: Article

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