Neuropsychological and functional MRI studies provide converging evidence of anterior language dysfunction in BECTS

Epilepsia

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2276-2284

  Lillywhite, Leasha M ^a,b   Saling, Michael M ^a,b   Simon Harvey, A ^a,b,c   Abbott, David F ^a,b   Archer, John S ^a,b   Vears, Danya F ^a   Scheffer, Ingrid E ^b,c   Jackson, Graeme D ^a,b  

^a FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

FMRI; Language lateralization; Rolandic epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY WITH CENTROTEMPORAL SPIKE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; EPILEPSY, ROLANDIC; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 70349333982     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2009.02065.x     Document Type: Article

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