Executive performance on the Wisconsin card sorting test in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy

European Neurology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-46

  Kim, Chul Ho ^a   Lee, Sang Ahm ^b,c   Yoo, Hee Jung ^b   Kang, Joong Koo ^b   Lee, Jung Kyo ^b  

^a Kyung Hee University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Asan Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; Executive function; Hippocampus; Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy; Wisconsin Card Sorting Test

Indexed keywords

TOPIRAMATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST;

ADULT; ANTERIOR TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; COGNITION DISORDERS; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 33846411443     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000097009     Document Type: Article

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