Right hippocampal contribution to visual memory: A presurgical and postsurgical study in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 665-669

  Gleissner U ^a   Helmstaedter, C ^a   Elger, C E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hippocampus; Right temporal lobe epilepsy; Visual memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; VISUAL MEMORY;

ADULT; COGNITION; EIDETIC IMAGERY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 17144455679     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.65.5.665     Document Type: Article

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