Norman Geschwind's contribution to the understanding of behavioral changes in temporal lobe epilepsy: The February 1974 lecture

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 417-424

  Devinsky, Julie ^a   Schachter, Steven ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Behavior; Epilepsy; Hypergraphia; Norman Geschwind; Personality

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

AGGRESSIVENESS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; EMOTIONALITY; HUMAN; INTERICTAL BEHAVIOR SYNDROME; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MORALITY; NEUROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENESIS; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSEXUAL DISORDER; RELIGION; SOCIAL ASPECT; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; EMOTIONS; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 67849100856     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2009.06.006     Document Type: Article

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