Brain plasticity for verbal and visual memories in patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy and hippocampal sclerosis: An fMRI study

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 186-199

  Alessio, Andréa ^a   Pereira, Fabricio R S ^a   Sercheli, Maurício S ^a   Rondina, Jane M ^a   Ozelo, Helka B ^a   Bilevicius, Elisabeth ^a   Pedro, Tatiane ^a   Covolan, Roberto J M ^a   Damasceno, Benito P ^a   Cendes, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cognitive functions; Functional reorganization; Hippocampal atrophy; Neuropsychological evaluation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; MESIAL TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PARIETAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE; WECHSLER MEMORY SCALE;

ADULT; ATROPHY; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SCLEROSIS; VERBAL LEARNING; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870919632     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.21432     Document Type: Article

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