Single and Dual Pathologies of the Temporal Lobe: Effects on Cognitive Function in Children with Epilepsy

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 37-45

  Bigel, Marla G ^a   Smith, Mary Lou ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Temporal lobe epilepsy; children; neuropathology; neuropsychology; hippocampal sclerosis; tumor; cortical dysplasia; cognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040970374     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ebeh.2000.0146     Document Type: Article

References (62)

1. Vinters H V, Armstrong D L, Babb T L, Daumas-Duport C, Robitaille Y, Bruton C J. The neuropathology of human symptomatic epilepsy. Engel J. Surgical treatment of the epilepsies. 1993;593-608 Raven Press, New York.
2. Mathern G W, Babb T L, Armstrong D L. Hippocampal sclerosis. Engel J Jr, Pedley T A. Epilepsy: a comprehensive textbook. 1997;Lippincott-Raven, Philadelphia.
3. Bruton C J. The neuropathology of temporal lobe epilepsy. 1988;Oxford Univ Press, New York.
4. Cendes F, Cook M J, Watson C. Frequency and characteristics of dual pathology in patients with lesional epilepsy. Neurology. 45:1995;2058-2064.
5. Jay V, Becker L E. Surgical pathology of epilepsy in resections in childhood. Semin Pediatr Neurol. 2:1995;227-236.
6. McMillan T M, Powell G E, Janota I, Polkey C E. Relationships between neuropathology and cognitive functioning in temporal lobectomy patients. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 50:1987;167-176.
7. Klein B, Levin B E, Duchowny M S, Llarbre M M. Cognitive outcome of children with epilepsy and malformations of cortical development. Neurology. 55:2000;230-235.
8. Baxendale S A. The role of the hippocampus in recognition memory. Neuropsychologia. 35:1997;591-598.
9. Martin R, Dowler R, Gilliam F, Faught E, Morawetz R, Kuzniecky R. Cognitive consequences of coexisting temporal lobe developmental malformations and hippocampal sclerosis. Neurology. 53:1999;709-715.
10. Bigel, M, G, Smith, M, L, The impact of different neuropathologies on pre- and postsurgical neuropsychological functioning in children with temporal lobe epilepsy, Brain Cognition, in press.
11. Kuzniecky R I, Jackson G D. Magnetic resonance in epilepsy. 1995;Raven Press, New York.
12. Shields W D, Duchowny M S, Holmes G L. Surgically remediable syndromes of infancy and early childhood. Engel J. Surgical treatment of the epilepsies. 1993;35-48 Raven Press, New York.
13. Vargha-Khadem F, Carr L J, Isaacs E, Brett E, Adams C, Mishkin M. Onset of speech after left hemispherectomy in a nine-year-old boy. Brain. 120:1997;159-182.
14. Seidenberg M, Hermann B P, Schoenfeld J, Davies K, Wyler A, Dohan F C. Reorganization of verbal memory function in early onset left temporal lobe epilepsy. Brain Cognition. 35:1997;132-148.
15. Kilpatrick C, Murrie V, Cook M, Andrewes D, Desmond P, Hopper J. Degree of left hippocampal atrophy correlates with severity of neuropsychological deficits. Seizure. 6:1997;213-215.
16. Saling M M, Berkovic S F, O'Shea M F, Kalnins R M, Darby D G, Bladin P F. Lateralization of verbal memory and unilateral hippocampal sclerosis: evidence of task-specific effects. J Clin Exp Neuropsychol. 15:1993;608-618.
17. Rausch R, Babb T L. Hippocampal neuron loss and memory scores before and after temporal lobe surgery for epilepsy. Arch Neurol. 50:1993;812-817.
18. Allegri R F, Drake M, Thomson A. Neuropsychological findings in patients with middle temporal lobe epilepsy. Rev Neurol. 29:1999;1160-1163.
19. Miller L A, Munoz D G, Finmore M. Hippocampal sclerosis and human memory. Arch Neurol. 50:1993;391-394.
20. Hermann B P, Seidenberg M, Schoenfeld J, Davies K. Neuropsychological characteristics of the syndrome of mesial temporal lobe epilepsy. Arch Neurol. 54:1997;369-376.
21. Bell B D, Davies K G. Anterior temporal lobectomy, hippocampal sclerosis, and memory: recent neuropsychological findings. Neuropsychol Rev. 8:1999;25-41.
22. Hermann B P, Wyler A R, Somes G, Berry AD 3rd, Dohan F C Jr. Pathological status of the mesial temporal lobe predicts memory outcome from left anterior temporal lobectomy. Neurosurgery. 31:1992;652-656.
23. Rossi P G, Parmeggiani A, Santucci M, Baioni E, Amadi A, Berloffa S. Neuropsychological and psychiatric findings in cerebral cortex dysplasias. Guerrini R. Dysplasias of the cerebral cortex and epilepsy. 1996;345-350 Lippincott-Raven, Philadelphia.
24. Ho S S, Kuzniecky R I, Gilliam F, Fught E, Morawetz R. Temporal lobe and developmental malformations and epilepsy: dual pathology and bilateral hippocampal abnormalities. Neurology. 50:1998;748-754.
25. Levesque M F, Nakasato N, Vinters H V, Babb T L. Surgical treatment of limbic epilepsy associated with extrahippocampal lesions: the problem of dual pathology. J Neurosurg. 75:1991;364-370.
26. Fried I, Kim J H, Spencer D D. Hippocampal pathology in patients with intractable seizures and temporal lobe masses. J Neurosurg. 76:1992;735-740.
27. Lendt M, Helmstaedter C, Elger C E. Pre- and post-operative neuropsychological profiles in children and adolescents with temporal lobe epilepsy. Epilepsia. 40:1999;1543-1550.
28. Jambaque I, Dellatolas G, Dulac O, Ponsot G, Signoret J L. Verbal and visual memory impairment in children with epilepsy. Neuropsychologia. 31:1993;1321-1337.
29. Mabbott, D, J, Smith, M, L, Memory in children with temporal or extratemporal lobectomies. Submitted for publication.
30. Cohen M. Auditory/verbal and visual/spatial memory in children with complex partial epilepsy of temporal lobe origin. Brain Cognition. 20:1992;315-326.
31. Stanford L D, Chelune G J, Wyllie E. Neuropsychological functioning of children with hippocampal sclerosis. Epilepsia. 39:1998;249.
32. Adams C BT, Beardsworth E D, Oxbury S M, Oxbury J M, Fenwick P BC. Temporal lobectomy in 44 children: outcome and neuropsychological follow-up. J Epilepsy. 3:1990;157-168.
33. Seidenberg M, Hermann B P, Dohan F C, Wyler A, Perrine A, Schoenfeld J. Hippocampal sclerosis and verbal encoding ability following anterior temporal lobectomy. Neuropsychologia. 34:1996;699-708.
34. Szabo C A, Wyllie E, Stanford L D. Neuropsychological effect of temporal lobe resection in preadolescent children with epilepsy. Epilepsia. 39:1998;814-819.
35. Wechsler D. Manual for the WISC-III. 1991;Psychological Corp. New York.
36. Dunn L M, Dunn E S. Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test - III. 1997;American Guidance Service, Circle Pines.
37. Wilkinson G S. WRAT3 administration manual. 1993;Wide Range.
38. Denman S B. Denman neuropsychology memory scale. 1987;SB Denman, Charleston.
39. Osterrieth P. Le test de copie d'une figure complexe [The test of copying a complex figure]. Arch Psychol. 30:1944;286-356.
40. Rey A. L'examen psychologique dans les cas d'encephalopathie traumatique [The psychological examination in cases of traumatic encephalopathy]. Arch Psychol. 28:1942;112.
41. Heaton R K. Wisconsin Card Sorting Test manual. 1981;Psychological Assessment Resources, Odessa.
42. Metz-Lutz M N, Kleitz C, de Saint Martin A, Massa R, Hirsch E, Marescaux C. Cognitive development in benign focal epilepsies of childhood. Dev Neurosci. 21:1999;182-190.
43. Battaglia D, Rando T, Deodato F. Epileptic disorders with onset in the first year of life: neurological and cognitive outcomes. Eur J Paediatr Neurol. 3:1999;95-103.
44. Strauss E, Loring D, Chelune G. Predicting cognitive impairment in epilepsy: findings from the Bozeman epilepsy consortium. J Clin Exp Neuropsychol. 17:1995;909-917.
45. Mulhern R K, Kovnar E H, Kun L E, Crisco J J, Williams J M. Psychological and neurologic function following treatment for childhood temporal lobe astrocytoma. J Child Neurol. 3:1988;47-53.
46. Mathern G W, Babb T L, Leite J P, Pretorius K, Yeoman K M, Kuhlman P A. The pathogenic and progressive features of chronic human hippocampal epilepsy. Epilepsy Res. 26:1996;151-161.
47. Moshe S L. Brain injury with prolonged seizures in children and adults. J Child Neurol. 13:1998;S3-6.
48. Jokeit H, Ebner A. Long-term effects of refractory temporal lobe epilepsy on cognitive abilities: a cross sectional study. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 67:1999;44-50.
49. Beardsworth E, Zaidel D W. Memory for faces in epileptic children before and after brain surgery. J Clin Exp Neuropsychol. 16:1994;589-596.
50. Sergent J. Face perception in the right hemisphere. Weiskrantz L. Thought without language. 1988;Clarendon Press, Oxford.
51. Warrington E K, James M. An experimental investigation of facial recognition in patients with unilateral cerebral lesions. Cortex. 3:1967;317-326.
52. Perret D E, Smith P, Poter D D, Mistlin A J, Head A S, Milner A D, Jeeves M A. Neurones responses to faces in the temporal cortex: studies of functional organization, sensitivity to identity and relation to perception. Hum Neurobiol. 3:1984;197-208.
53. Kircher T TJ, Senior C, Phillips M L, Benson P J, Bullmore E T, Brammer M. Towards a functional neuroanatomy of self processing: effects of faces and words. Cognitive Brain Res. 10:2000;133-144.
54. Hermann B, Seidenberg M. Executive system dysfunction in temporal lobe epilepsy: effects of nociferous cortex versus hippocampal pathology. J Exp Neuropsychol. 17:1995;809-819.
55. Spreen O, Strauss E. A Compendium of neuropsychological tests: administration, norms and commentary. 1998;Oxford Univ Press, New York.
56. Strauss E, Hunter M, Wada J. Wisconsin Card Sorting performance: effects of age of onset of damage and laterality of dysfunction. J Clin Exp Neuropsychol. 15:1993;896-902.
57. Hermann B P, Wyler A R, Richey E T. Wisconsin Card Sorting Test performance in patients with complex partial seizures of temporal-lobe origin. J Clin Exp Neuropsychol. 10:1988;467-476.
58. Horner M D, Flashman L S, Freides D. Temporal lobe epilepsy performance on the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test. J Clin Exp Neuropsychol. 18:1996;310-313.
59. Trenerry M R, Jack C R. Wisconsin Card Sorting Test performance before and after temporal lobectomy. J Epilepsy. 7:1994;313-317.
60. Smith M L, Bigel M G. Memory and the temporal lobes. Cermak L S. Handbook of neuropsychology. 2000;1-17 Elsevier Science, Amsterdam.
61. Cendes F, Andermann F, Gloor P. Atrophy of mesial structures in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy: cause or consequence of repeated seizures? Ann Neurol. 34:1993;795-801.
62. Wyler A R, Dohan F C, Schweitzer J B, Berry A D. A grading system for mesial temporal lobe pathology (hippocampal pathology) from anterior temporal lobectomy. J Epilepsy. 5:1992;220-225.