Frontal lobe function in temporal lobe epilepsy

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-13

  Stretton, J ^a   Thompson, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognition; Executive function; Neuroimaging; Temporal lobe epilepsy; Working memory

Indexed keywords

BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN SURGERY; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FRONTAL LOBE; FRONTAL LOBE FUNCTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SKILL; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; THEORY OF MIND; WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST; WORKING MEMORY;

ATTENTION; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 83555178425     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: 18726844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2011.10.009     Document Type: Review

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