Functional magnetic resonance imaging reveals changes in language localization in children with benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 435-445

  Vannest, Jennifer ^a   Szaflarski, Jerzy P ^a,b   Eaton, Kenneth P ^a   Henkel, David M ^a   Morita, Diego ^a   Glauser, Tracy A ^a   Byars, Anna W ^a   Patel, Krishna ^a   Holland, Scott K ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI ACADEMIC HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes; functional magnetic resonance imaging; rolandic epilepsy

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; ETIRACETAM; GABAPENTIN;

ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CENTROTEMPORAL SPIKES; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, ROLANDIC; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN; SEMANTICS;

EID: 84875355466     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073812447682     Document Type: Article

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