Neurodevelopmental disruption in early-onset temporal lobe epilepsy: Evidence from a voxel-based morphometry study

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 694-699

  Kaaden, Sabine ^a   Quesada, Carlos M ^a   Urbach, Horst ^a   Koenig, Roy ^a   Weber, Bernd ^a   Schramm, Johannes ^a   Rudinger, Georg ^a   Helmstaedter, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain development; Brain morphology; Epilepsy onset; Temporal lobe epilepsy; Voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 79954596316     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2011.02.020     Document Type: Article

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