Cortical reorganization following multiple subpial transection in human brain - A study with positron emission tomography

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 292, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 63-65

  Leonhardt, Georg ^a   Spiekermann, Gregor ^a   Müller, Stefan ^a   Zentner, Joseph ^b   Hufnagel, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attention; Epilepsy; Motor activation; Multiple subpial transection; Positron emission tomography; Prefrontal cortex; Regional cerebral blood flow; Reorganization; Sensorimotor cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL APPROACH;

EID: 0034730907     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(00)01432-4     Document Type: Article

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