Interesting Articles
Changing Frontal Contributions to Memory Before and After Medial Temporal Lobectomy
Monday, January 3rd, 2011 by robert mckee
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Frontal recruitment was characterized using functional magnetic resonance imaging fMRI during memory encoding in temporal lobe epilepsy TLE patients before and after unilateral medial temporal lobectomy. Twenty-four TLE patients and 12 healthy controls underwent a preop... Read More
Atypical language in lesional and nonlesional complex partial epilepsy
Monday, January 3rd, 2011 by robert mckee
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Objective We investigated the relationship between partial epilepsy, MRI findings, and atypical language representation. Methods A total of 102 patients 4 to 55 years with left hemisphere epileptogenic zones were evaluated using three fMRI language tasks obtained at 1.5... Read More
Bilateral hemispheric alteration of memory processes in right medial temporal lobe epilepsy
Monday, January 3rd, 2011 by robert mckee
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Objective Functional MRI fMRI was used to investigate right medial temporal lobe epilepsy RTLE effects on verbal memory. Methods BOLD fMRI data were collected from seven right sided MTLE patients RTLE and compared with the data previously acquired from seven left sided ... Read More
Memory fMRI lateralizes temporal lobe epilepsy
Monday, January 3rd, 2011 by robert mckee
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Background The assessment of mesial temporal lobe MTL function is important for the diagnosis and treatment of temporal lobe epilepsy TLE and other brain diseases. Declarative memory depends on the integrity of the MTL region. Objective To investigate hemispheric asymme... Read More
Epilepsy and surgical mapping
Monday, January 3rd, 2011 by robert mckee
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Drug treatment resistant epilepsy is an important public health problem. Patients with epilepsy of focal origin may have an excellent outcome following surgery that removes the source of seizures. Identification of the precise cortical region producing seizures is cruci... Read More
MR in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy: Analysis with Pathologic Confirmation
Monday, January 3rd, 2011 by robert mckee
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PURPOSE We evaluated the MR findings in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy to determine the predictive value of MR imaging in assessing patient outcome. METHODS MR studies from 186 of 274 consecutive patients who underwent temporal lobectomy for intractable epilepsy w... Read More
Episodic memory in left temporal lobe epilepsy: a functional MRI study
Monday, January 3rd, 2011 by robert mckee
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Left medial temporal lobe epilepsy MTLE is associated with verbal memory impairment usually related to hippocampal damage. We used functional MRI fMRI to investigate the patterns of functional activity in healthy volunteers and MTLE patients engaged in verbal episodic m... Read More
Epilepsy and Temporal Lobe Resection
Monday, January 3rd, 2011 by robert mckee
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Introduction The largest part of the brain, the cerebrum, is divided into four paired sections -- the frontal, parietal, occipital, and temporal lobes. Each lobe controls a specific group of activities. The temporal lobe, located on either side of the brain just above t... Read More
Breast Cancer Outcomes Improved With Dietary Omega-3 Fats
Monday, January 3rd, 2011 by Aaron Tabor
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Previous research studies have suggested that dietary intake of omega-3 fatty acids might reduce breast cancer risk; however, most of these studies have been done in animal models of breast cancer. Of the omega-3 fats, EPA and DHA, which are primarily obtained from mari... Read More
Six Ways to Prevent Cesarean Section Complications
Monday, January 3rd, 2011 by Linda Burke-Galloway
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Although Ive been a proponent for prevention of medical errors for years and wrote a book to address those issues, I think my ob-gyn colleagues are finally catching on. Dr. Patrick Duff of the University of Floridas Ob-Gyn department wrote an article in the December iss... Read More
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