The field defects of anterior temporal lobectomy: A quantitative reassessment of Meyer's loop

Brain

Volumn 128, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 2123-2133

  Barton, Jason J S ^a,b,c   Hefter, Rebecca ^a   Chang, Bernard ^a   Schomer, Don ^a   Drislane, Frank ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Vancouver General Hospital Eye Care Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Meyer's loop; Optic radiations; Quadrantanopia; Temporal lobectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PERIMETRY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; HEMIANOPIA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADULT; ANTERIOR TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; HEMIANOPSIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PERIMETRY; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 24344441579     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awh544     Document Type: Article

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