An optimized voxel-based morphometric study of gray matter changes in patients with left-sided and right-sided mesial temporal lobe epilepsy and hippocampal sclerosis (MTLE/HS).

• Authors: PAIL Martin; BRÁZDIL Milan; MAREČEK Radek; MIKL Michal
• Year of publication: 2010
• Type: Article in Periodical
• Magazine / Source: Epilepsia
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Medicine
• Field: Neurology, neurosurgery, neurosciences
• Keywords: Hippocampal sclerosis; Insula; Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy; Thalamus
• Description: To determine whether changes in gray matter volume (GMV) differ according to the affected side in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy/hippocampal sclerosis (MTLE/HS) syndrome, and moreover to test the hypothesis of more pronounced structural changes in right-sided MTLE/HS.

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