Handedness shift as a consequence of motor cortex reorganization after early functional impairment in left temporal lobe epilepsy - An fMRI case report

Neurocase

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 326-329

  Chlebus, Pavel ^a,c   Brázdil, Milan ^a   Hluštík, Petr ^b   Mikl, Michal ^a   Pažourková, Marta ^a   Krupa, Petr ^a  

^a ST ANNE S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OLOMOUC   (Czech Republic)

^c NONE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

PHENOBARBITAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; MOTOR CORTEX; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADOLESCENT; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FINGERS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MOTOR CORTEX; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 9744242073     PISSN: 13554794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13554790490507669     Document Type: Article

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