Hippocampal memory function as reflected by the intracarotid sodium methohexital Wada test

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 579-586

  Andelman, Fani ^a   Kipervasser, Svetlana ^b,c   Reider Groswasser, Irith I ^a,c   Fried, Itzhak ^a,c,d   Neufeld, Miri Y ^b,c  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b EEG   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amobarbital; Brevital; Epilepsy surgery; Memory; Methohexital; Wada test

Indexed keywords

AMOBARBITAL; METHOHEXITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; WADA TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMOBARBITAL; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; MEMORY; METHOHEXITAL; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 33751311278     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2006.08.001     Document Type: Article

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