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D'Antuono, M.; Louvel, J.; Kohling, R.; Mattia, D.; Bernasconi, A.; Olivier, A.; Turak, B.; Devaux, A.; Pumain, R.; Avoli, M. – Brain, 2004
Patients with Taylor's type focal cortical dysplasia (FCD) present with seizures that are often medically intractable. Here, we attempted to identify the cellular and pharmacological mechanisms responsible for this epileptogenic state by using field potential and K[superscript +]-selective recordings in neocortical slices obtained from epileptic…
Descriptors: Brain, Epilepsy, Seizures, Neurological Impairments
Helmstaedter, C.; Brosch, T.; Kurthen, M.; Elger, C. E. – Brain, 2004
Recent findings raised evidence that in early-onset left temporal lobe epilepsy, women show greater functional plasticity for verbal memory than men. In particular, women with lesion- or epilepsy-driven atypical language dominance show an advantage over men. The question asked in this study was whether there is evidence of sex- and language…
Descriptors: Language Dominance, Verbal Ability, Memory, Surgery