Frontal lobe function and structure in juvenile myoclonic epilepsy: A comprehensive review of neuropsychological and imaging data

Epilepsia

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2091-2098

  Wandschneider, Britta ^a,b   Thompson, Pamela J ^a,b   Vollmar, Christian ^a,b,c   Koepp, Matthias J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b EPILEPSY SOCIETY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Executive functions; Frontal lobe function; Functional imaging; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; VALPROIC ACID;

COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE ACTIVITY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FRONTAL CORTEX; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; THALAMUS; WORKING MEMORY;

BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY, JUVENILE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 84870616288     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/epi.12003     Document Type: Review

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