Correlation of neuropsychological and metabolic changes after epilepsy surgery in patients with left mesial temporal lobe epilepsy with hippocampal sclerosis

Correlation of neuropsychological and metabolic changes after epilepsy surgery in patients with left mesial temporal lobe epilepsy with hippocampal sclerosis

Abstract Background Epilepsy surgery often causes changes in cognition and cerebral glucose metabolism. Our aim was to explore relationships between pre- and postoperative cerebral metabolism as measured with 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) and neuropsychological test s...

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Main Authors: Canan Güvenç, Patrick Dupont, Jan Van den Stock, Laura Seynaeve, Kathleen Porke, Eva Dries, Karen Van Bouwel, Johannes van Loon, Tom Theys, Karolien E. Goffin, Wim Van Paesschen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-04-01
Series:EJNMMI Research
Subjects:
FDG-PET metabolism
Neuropsychological test scores
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13550-018-0385-5

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