Executive function impairment in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy: Neuropsychological and diffusion-tensor imaging study

National Medical Journal of China

Volumn 87, Issue 45, 2007, Pages 3183-3187

  Wang, Xiang Qing ^a   Lang, Sen Yang ^a   Lu, Hong ^a   Ma, Lin ^a   Mao, Yan Ling ^a   Yang, Fei ^a  

^a CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Cognition; Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging; Epilepsy, temporal lobe

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CAPSULA INTERNA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PUTAMEN; SCORING SYSTEM; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; THALAMUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COGNITION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 40449087860     PISSN: 03762491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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