Thalamic diffusion and volumetry in temporal lobe epilepsy with and without mesial temporal sclerosis

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 80, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 184-193

  Gong, Gaolang ^a   Concha, Luis ^a   Beaulieu, Christian ^a   Gross, Donald W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Mesial temporal sclerosis; Temporal lobe epilepsy; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; THALAMUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCLEROSIS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TEMPORAL LOBE; THALAMUS;

EID: 47549106834     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2008.04.002     Document Type: Article

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