Changes in white matter microstructure in patients with TLE and hippocampal sclerosis

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 244-250

  Knake, Susanne ^a   Salat, David H ^b   Halgren, Eric ^c   Halko, Mark A ^d   Greve, Douglas N ^b   Grant, P Ellen ^b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Epilepsy; MRI; Seizure propagation; Temporal lobe; White matter microstructures

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; STUDENT T TEST; SUBICULUM; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCLEROSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449686507     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: 19506945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/epd.2009.0272     Document Type: Article

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