Spatial patterns of water diffusion along white matter tracts in temporal lobe epilepsy

Neurology

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 455-462

  Concha, Luis ^a   Kim, Hosung ^a   Bernasconi, Andrea ^b   Bernhardt, Boris C ^a   Bernasconi, Neda ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARCUATE FASCICULUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELEMETRY; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; UNCINATE FASCICULUS; WATER DIFFUSION; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84866109992     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e31826170b6     Document Type: Article

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