Transient epileptic amnesia: Regional brain atrophy and its relationship to memory deficits

Brain

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 357-368

  Butler, C R ^a,g   Bhaduri, A ^b   Acosta Cabronero, J ^c   Nestor, P J ^c   Kapur, N ^c   Graham, K S ^d   Hodges, J R ^e   Zeman, A Z ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b HOMERTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^f PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^g WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Memory; MRI; Transient epileptic amnesia; Voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; ETIRACETAM; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

AGED; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TRANSIENT EPILEPTIC AMNESIA; VOLUMETRY;

AGED; AMNESIA; ATROPHY; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 60149101377     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awn336     Document Type: Article

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