Human "memories" can be evoked by stimulation of the lateral temporal cortex after ipsilateral medial temporal lobe resection

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 549-551

  Moriarity, J L ^a   Boatman, D ^a   Krauss, G L ^a   Storm, P B ^a   Lenz, F A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortical stimulation; Experiential phenomena; Hippocampectomy; Memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; BRAIN MAPPING; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PSYCHOSURGERY; RECURRENCE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0034801655     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.71.4.549     Document Type: Article

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