Temporal lobe epilepsy does not impair visual perception

Epilepsia

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 710-713

  Grant, Arthur C ^a,c   Donnelly, Kiely M ^a   Chubb, Charlie ^b   Barr, William B ^a   Kuzniecky, Ruben ^a   Devinsky, Orrin ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

AED; Cognitive function; Psychophysics; Temporal lobe epilepsy; Visual perception

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; HUMAN; LUMINANCE; MALE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; VISION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; COGNITION DISORDERS; CONTROL GROUPS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VISION TESTS; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 43349108380     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2007.01483.x     Document Type: Article

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