Transient inability to distinguish between faces: Electrophysiologic studies

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 102-110

  Mundel, Trevor ^a   Milton, John G ^b   Dimitrov, Alexander ^c   Wilson, Hugh W ^d   Pelizzari, Charles ^b   Uftring, Stephen ^b   Torres, Ivan ^e   Erickson, Robert K ^b   Spire, Jean Paul ^b   Towle, Vernon L ^b  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Face processing; Fusiform gyrus; Prosopagnosia; Temporal lobe; Visual evoked potential

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; ELECTRODE; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC AURA; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; RECOGNITION; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROSOPAGNOSIA; TEMPORAL LOBE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037501779     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004691-200304000-00003     Document Type: Article

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