The temporopolar cortex plays a pivotal role in temporal lobe seizures

Brain

Volumn 128, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1818-1831

  Chabardès, Stéphan ^a   Kahane, Philippe ^a   Minotti, Lorella ^a   Tassi, Laura ^b   Grand, Sylvie ^a   Hoffmann, Dominique ^a   Benabid, Alim Louis ^a  

^a HÔPITAL MICHALLON   (France)

^b Ospedale Niguardia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anterior temporal lobectomy; Mesial temporal sclerosis; SEEG; Temporal lobe epilepsy; Temporal pole

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH RECORDING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE SUSCEPTIBILITY; SEIZURE THRESHOLD; SYNCOPE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEORECORDING; WHITE MATTER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 23444459546     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awh512     Document Type: Article

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