Neurocognitive and behavioral functioning in frontal lobe epilepsy: A review

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-26

  Patrikelis, Panayiotis ^a,b   Angelakis, Efthymios ^a,c   Gatzonis, Stylianos ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adults; Attention; Children; Cognitive deficits; Frontal seizures; Ictal activity; Memory; Neurosurgery; Psychiatric comorbidity

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; PLACEBO;

ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; COORDINATION DISORDER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MEMORY DISORDER; MONOTHERAPY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ONSET AGE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; COGNITION; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEIZURES; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58149239617     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2008.09.013     Document Type: Review

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