Medial temporal lobe epilepsy is associated with neuronal fibre loss and paradoxical increase in structural connectivity of limbic structures

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 83, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 903-909

  Bonilha, Leonardo ^a   Nesland, Travis ^a   Martz, Gabriel U ^a   Joseph, Jane E ^a   Spampinato, Maria V ^a   Edwards, Jonathan C ^a   Tabesh, Ali ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; AXONAL INJURY; BRAIN MAPPING; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CELL DENSITY; CELL LOSS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FUSIFORM GYRUS; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INSULA; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MIDDLE TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER; ORBITAL CORTEX; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; THALAMUS; TRACTOGRAPHY; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; ATROPHY; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS;

EID: 84864818639     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2012-302476     Document Type: Article

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