T2 relaxation time correlates of face recognition deficits in temporal lobe epilepsy

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 670-677

  Bengner, Thomas ^a,b   Siemonsen, Susanne ^c   Stodieck, Stefan ^a   Fiehler, Jens ^c  

^a Evangelisches Krankenhaus Alsterdorf   (Germany)

^b DR HORST SCHMIDT KLINIKEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fusiform gyrus; Hemispheric dominance; Hippocampal sclerosis; Hippocampus; Material specific long term memory; Relaxometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; FACE PROFILE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; RELAXATION TIME; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FACE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROSOPAGNOSIA; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELAXATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54049100298     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2008.08.003     Document Type: Article

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