Quantitative MRI of the prefrontal cortex and executive function in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 186-195

  Keller, Simon Sean ^a   Baker, Gus ^b   Downes, Joseph John ^a   Roberts, Neil ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b WALTON CENTRE FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Executive function; Hippocampus; Prefrontal cortex; Quantitative MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; WECHSLER MEMORY SCALE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROBLEM SOLVING; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349187307     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2009.03.005     Document Type: Article

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