Peri-ictal yawning lateralizes the seizure onset zone to the nondominant hemisphere in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 311-314

  Kuba, Robert ^a   Musilová, Klára ^a   Brázdil, Milan ^a   Rektor, Ivan ^a  

^a ST ANNE S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Epilepsy surgery; Lateralizing value; Peri ictal; Temporal lobe epilepsy; Yawning

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FOLLOW UP; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; YAWNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; TEMPORAL LOBE; YAWNING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649906618     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2010.07.004     Document Type: Article

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