A comprehensive neuropsychological profile of women with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 24-28

  Strutt, Adriana M ^a   Hill, Stacy W ^b   Scott, Bonnie M ^a   Uber Zak, Lori ^b   Fogel, Travis G ^b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Left temporal lobe epilepsy; Mood; Neuropsychology; Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOGENIC NONEPILEPTIC SEIZURE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEIZURE; SYMPTOM; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; SEIZURES; SELF REPORT;

EID: 78651259622     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2010.10.004     Document Type: Article

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