Role of Functional MRI in Presurgical Evaluation of Memory Function in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

Many diagnostic tools have been employed to predict the likelihood of a postoperative memory decline after a standard temporal lobectomy, including the intracarotid amobarbital testing (IAT) or Wada, regarded as the gold standard test for over the past half a century. Functional MRI (fMRI) is also a...

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Main Authors: Limotai, Chusak, Mirsattari, Seyed M.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3420704/