Longitudinal assessment of intellectual functioning following unilateral temporal lobectomy

Normalization of contralateral metabolic

Normalization of contralateral metabolic function following temporal lobectomy demonstrated by 1H magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging

✍ Dr James W. Hugg; Ruben I. Kuzniecky; Frank G. Gilliam; R. Edward Faught; Richar 📂 Article 📅 1996 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 415 KB 👁 1 views

We studied 10 medically intractable temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) patients prior to surgery using proton magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging (MRSI) to localize seizure foci. We found significantly elevated creatine/ Nacetylaspartate (CrlNAA) unilaterally in 8 and bilaterally in 2 patients. Five