Epilepsy and the frontal lobes

Cortex

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 144-155

  O'Muircheartaigh, Jonathan ^a   Richardson, Mark P ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Frontal lobe; Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy

Indexed keywords

CINGULATE GYRUS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPSY; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; ORBITAL CORTEX; PARS OPERCULARIS; PETIT MAL; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; REVIEW; SEIZURE;

EID: 84856211480     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 19738102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2011.11.012     Document Type: Review

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