Abnormalities in diffusion tensor imaging of the uncinate fasciculus relate to reduced memory in temporal lobe epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1409-1418

  Diehl, Beate ^a,d   Busch, Robyn M ^a   Duncan, John S ^b   Piao, Zhe ^a   Tkach, Jean ^c   Lüders, Hans O ^a,e  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Memory; Temporal lobe epilepsy; Uncinate fasciculus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DELAYED MEMORY; AUDITORY MEMORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; UNCINATE FASCICULUS; VISUAL DELAYED MEMORY;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SCLEROSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 48149099420     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2008.01596.x     Document Type: Article

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