Developmental plasticity after right hemispherectomy in an epileptic adolescent with early brain injury

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 960-969

  Chiricozzi, F ^a   Chieffo, D ^a   Battaglia, D ^a   Iuvone, L ^a   Acquafondata, C ^a   Cesarini, L ^a   Sacco, A ^a   Chiera, R ^a   Di Rocco, C ^a   Guzzetta, F ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain reorganisation; Early brain injury; Epilepsy; Hemispherectomy

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; ETHOSUXIMIDE; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATONIC SEIZURE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; HEMIPLEGIA; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LEUKOPENIA; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; RECOGNITION; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EPILEPSY, COMPLEX PARTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; LANGUAGE TESTS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SEIZURES; THETA RHYTHM;

EID: 27744516601     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-005-1148-y     Document Type: Article

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