Unexpected right hemisphere language representation identified by the intracarotid amobarbital procedure in right-handed epilepsy surgery candidates

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 139-143

  Cunningham, Joseph M ^a   Morris III, George L ^a   Drea, Laura A ^a   Kroll, Jennifer L ^a  

^a ST LUKE S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Handedness; Intracarotid amobarbital procedure; Language lateralization; Right hemisphere; Temporal lobe epilepsy; Wada test

Indexed keywords

AMOBARBITAL;

ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; RISK REDUCTION; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; WADA TEST;

ADULT; AMOBARBITAL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 46549088060     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2008.02.019     Document Type: Article

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