Amygdala enlargement occurs in patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy and hippocampal sclerosis with early epilepsy onset

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 390-394

  Coan, Ana C ^a   Morita, Marcia E ^a   Campos, Brunno M ^a   Bergo, Felipe P G ^a   Kubota, Bruno Y ^a   Cendes, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy; Volumetry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MESIAL TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; VOLUMETRY;

AMYGDALA; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HS; MESIAL TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; MESIAL TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY WITH ENLARGED AMYGDALA; MESIAL TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY WITHOUT ENLARGED AMYGDALA; MTLE; MTLE-EA; MTLE-NO; VOLUMETRY;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AMYGDALA; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCLEROSIS;

EID: 84884989244     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2013.08.022     Document Type: Article

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