Widespread extrahippocampal NAA/(Cr+Cho) abnormalities in TLE with and without mesial temporal sclerosis

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 258, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 603-612

  Mueller, Susanne G ^a,c   Ebel, Andreas ^a   Barakos, Jerome ^b   Scanlon, Cathy ^a   Cheong, Ian ^a   Finlay, Daniel ^a   Garcia, Paul ^a   Weiner, Michael W ^a   Laxer, Kenneth D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Mesial temporal sclerosis; NAA; Spectroscopy; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADULT; ASPARTIC ACID; BRAIN MAPPING; CHOLINE; CREATINE; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCLEROSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953820586     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-010-5799-6     Document Type: Article

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