Voxel-based morphometry reveals gray matter network atrophy in refractory medial temporal lobe epilepsy

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1379-1384

  Bonilha, Leonardo ^a   Rorden, Chris ^b   Castellano, Gabriela ^a   Pereira, Fabricio ^a   Rio, Pablo A ^a   Cendes, Fernando ^a   Li, Li M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN SIZE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIAL TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; MESENCEPHALON; MORPHOMETRICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; THALAMUS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VOLUMETRY; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY;

ADULT; ATROPHY; BRAIN; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 4444253302     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.61.9.1379     Document Type: Article

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