Defining Meyers looptemporal lobe resections, visual field deficits and diffusion tensor tractography

Brain

Volumn 132, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1656-1668

  Yogarajah, M ^a   Focke, N K ^b   Bonelli, S ^a   Cercignani, M ^c   Acheson, J ^d   Parker, G J M ^e   Alexander, D C ^f   McEvoy, A W ^d   Symms, M R ^a   Koepp, M J ^a   Duncan, J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

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

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anterior temporal lobe resection; Diffusion tensor tractography; Meyers loop; Optic radiation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR TRACTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649394562     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awp114     Document Type: Article

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