Future directions in the neuropsychology of epilepsy

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 69-76

  McDonald, Carrie R ^a   Taylor, Joanne ^b   Hamberger, Marla ^c   Helmstaedter, Christoph ^d   Hermann, Bruce P ^e   Schefft, Bruce ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Epilepsy; Memory; Neuropsychology

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE MARKER; EPILEPSY; FIBER TRACTOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TRACTOGRAPHY; VOLUMETRY;

COGNITION DISORDERS; EPILEPSY; FORECASTING; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 80052494541     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2011.06.004     Document Type: Review

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