Changes in extratemporal integrity and cognition in temporal lobe epilepsy: A diffusion tensor imaging study

Neurology India

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 891-899

  Wang, Xiang Qing ^a   Lang, Sen Yang ^a   Hong, L U ^a   Lin, M A ^a   Yan Ling, M A O ^a   Yang, Fei ^a  

^a CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; executive function; temporal lobe epilepsy; thalamus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAPSULA INTERNA; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EXTERNAL CAPSULE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; FRONTAL LOBE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PUTAMEN; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; THALAMUS; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION DISORDERS; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; THALAMUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650453622     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: 19984022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.73739     Document Type: Article

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