The amygdala and temporal lobe simple partial seizures: A prospective and quantitative MRI study

Epilepsia

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 857-862

  Van Paesschen, Wim ^a,c,d   King, Martin D ^b   Duncan, John S ^a   Connelly, Alan ^b  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Quantitative MRI; Simple partial seizure

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALA; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, COMPLEX PARTIAL; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0034857773     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1528-1157.2001.042007857.x     Document Type: Article

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