Hippocampal transection for treatment of left temporal lobe epilepsy with preservation of verbal memory

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 322-328

  Shimizu, Hiroyuki ^a   Kawai, Kensuke ^b   Sunaga, Shigeki ^a   Sugano, Hidenori ^c   Yamada, Takatoshi ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN NEUROLOGICAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hippocampal transaction; Temporal lobe epilepsy; Verbal memory

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FOLLOW UP; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SEIZURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; VERBAL MEMORY;

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOSURGERY; TIME FACTORS; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 33645894162     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2005.04.020     Document Type: Article

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