Imaging and genetics of language and cognition in pediatric epilepsy

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 303-312

  Addis, Laura ^a   Lin, Jack J ^b   Pal, Deb K ^a   Hermann, Bruce ^c   Caplan, Rochelle ^d  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Genetics; Imaging; Language; Pediatric epilepsy

Indexed keywords

DNA;

APTITUDE TEST; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LINGUISTICS; MESIAL TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEXT GENERATON SEQUENCING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PEDIATRICS; PLEIOTROPY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; ROLANDIC EPILEPSY; SANGER SEQUENCING; SEIZURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SKILL; SPEECH; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; WHITE MATTER;

BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; EPILEPSY; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PEDIATRICS;

EID: 84875269213     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2012.09.014     Document Type: Review

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