Efficacy of hippocampal transection for left temporal lobe epilepsy without hippocampal atrophy

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 94-99

  Sunaga, Shigeki ^a   Morino, Michiharu ^a   Kusakabe, Taro ^a   Sugano, Hidenori ^b   Shimizu, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN NEUROLOGICAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hippocampal transection; Temporal lobe epilepsy; Verbal memory

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; PROPOFOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SYMPTOM; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; VERBAL MEMORY; WADA TEST;

ADULT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IODINE ISOTOPES; IOFETAMINE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROSURGERY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 79955583906     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2011.02.028     Document Type: Article

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