The Wada test

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 185-189

  Baxendale, Sallie ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b EPILEPSY SOCIETY   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Amobarbital; Epilepsy surgery; Language lateralization; Memory; Wada test

Indexed keywords

AMOBARBITAL; METHOHEXITAL; PENTOBARBITAL; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT;

BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; EPILEPSY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MEMORY DISORDER; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SEIZURE; SURGICAL PATIENT; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; TISSUE STRUCTURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; VALIDITY; WADA TEST; BRAIN MAPPING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; LANGUAGE TEST; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AMOBARBITAL; BRAIN MAPPING; EPILEPSY; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; LANGUAGE TESTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PREOPERATIVE CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68849111962     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WCO.0b013e328328f32e     Document Type: Review

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