Changes in extrafrontal integrity and cognition in frontal lobe epilepsy: A diffusion tensor imaging study

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 471-477

  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; Frontal lobe epilepsy; Mini Mental Status Examination; Occipital lobe; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; FRONTAL LOBE; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; THALAMUS; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; EPILEPSY, FRONTAL LOBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952715384     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2010.12.039     Document Type: Article

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