Religiosity is associated with hippocampal but not amygdala volumes in patients with refractory epilepsy

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 640-642

  Wuerfel, J ^a   Krishnamoorthy, E S ^a   Brown, R J ^a   Lemieux, L ^a,b   Koepp, M ^a,b   Tebartz Van Elst, L ^a   Trimble, M R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b EPILEPSY SOCIETY   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUALITY; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; DEMENTIA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STATISTICS; TEMPORAL LOBE; WRITING;

EID: 1642441954     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2003.06973     Document Type: Article

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