Somatosensory processing is impaired in temporal lobe epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 534-539

  Grant, Arthur C ^a,c   Henry, Thomas R ^b   Fernandez, Raquel ^a   Hill, Mary Ann ^a   Sathian, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Grating; Somatosensory; Spatial acuity; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; FELBAMATE; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; TIAGABINE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FINGER; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDER; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE GRATING ORIENTATION DISCRIMINATION TASK; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; UNITED STATES; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FINGERS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARIETAL LOBE; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; STEREOGNOSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 16344395009     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-9580.2005.54604.x     Document Type: Article

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