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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Robert Powell, H. W.
• J. Koepp, Matthias
• Richardson, Mark P.
• Symms, Mark R.
• Thompson, Pam J.
• Duncan, John S.

Titel

The Application of Functional MRI of Memory in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy: A Clinical Review

Ist Teil von

• Epilepsia (Copenhagen), 2004-07, Vol.45 (7), p.855-863

Ort / Verlag

350 Main Street , Malden , MA 02148 , USA and 9600 Garsington Road , Oxford , OX4 2XG , England: Blackwell Science Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

2004

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

Wiley-Blackwell Journals

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Functional MRI (fMRI) is a useful tool for noninvasively localizing areas in the brain involved in specific cognitive functions. Since its introduction, there has been considerable speculation regarding the role it may play in the presurgical assessment of temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). This review considers the progress made to date in using fMRI to investigate memory processing in the medial temporal lobe in normal subjects and in those with TLE. Results so far suggest that fMRI will be incorporated into the presurgical assessment of TLE in the coming years to improve definition of eloquent cerebral areas, with the objective of minimizing the adverse cognitive sequelae of anterior temporal lobe resection.