Extrahippocampal integrity in temporal lobe epilepsy and cognition: Thalamus and executive functioning

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 478-482

  Tuchscherer, Victoria ^a   Seidenberg, Michael ^a   Pulsipher, Dalin ^a   Lancaster, Melissa ^a   Guidotti, Leslie ^a   Hermann, Bruce ^b  

^a ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Executive functioning; Hippocampus; Magnetic resonance imaging; Temporal lobe epilepsy; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROIMAGING; PREDICTION; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; THALAMUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; THALAMUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952243108     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2010.01.019     Document Type: Article

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