Gender-specific Differences of Hypometabolism in mTLE: Implication for Cognitive Impairments

Epilepsia

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1551-1561

  Nickel, Janpeter ^a   Jokeit, Hennric ^b,c   Wunderlich, Gilbert ^a,e   Ebner, Alois ^c   Witte, Otto W ^a,d   Seitz, Rüdiger J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

^b SWISS EPILEPSY CENTER   (Switzerland)

^c EPILEPSY CENTER BETHEL   (Germany)

^d FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^e Neurological Therapy Center   (Germany)

Author keywords

FDG PET; Hypometabolism; MTLE Gender differences; Neuropsychology

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PRIMIDONE; PROPYLHEXEDRINE; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FRONTAL LOBE; GLUCOSE BRAIN LEVEL; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOMETABOLISM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INSULA; INTELLIGENCE TEST; LATERALITY INDEX; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SCLEROSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; WAKEFULNESS;

ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION DISORDERS; ENERGY METABOLISM; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SCLEROSIS; SEX FACTORS; TEMPORAL LOBE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0346734204     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-9580.2003.13603.x     Document Type: Article

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