Executive Functions in Chronic Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
Joint Authors
Delazer, Margarete
Trinka, Eugen
Bodner, Thomas
Kuchukhidze, Giorgi
Koppelstaetter, Florian
Benke, Thomas
Bonatti, Elisabeth
Zamarian, Laura
Source
Epilepsy Research and Treatment
Issue
Vol. 2011, Issue 2011 (31 Dec. 2011), pp.1-11, 11 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2011-03-06
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
11
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
There is no consensus as to whether mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE) leads to executive function deficits.
In this study, we adopted an extensive neuropsychological test battery and assessed different executive functions in chronic, unilateral MTLE.
Performance of MTLE patients was compared with that of healthy peers and with normative data.
Several MTLE patients had scores below cut-off or below the 10th percentile of normative data.
Scores of the whole patient group were overall in the average range of normative data.
Relative to controls, MTLE patients performed poorly in tests of working memory, cognitive flexibility, categorical verbal fluency, set-shifting, categorization, and planning.
These findings raise an important methodological issue as they suggest that executive function deficits in chronic MTLE may be individually variable and that their assessment should include different tests.
Deficits in chronic MTLE are not limited to temporal lobe functions, such as memory, but may extend to extra temporal cognitive domains, such as executive functions.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Zamarian, Laura& Trinka, Eugen& Bonatti, Elisabeth& Kuchukhidze, Giorgi& Bodner, Thomas& Benke, Thomas…[et al.]. 2011. Executive Functions in Chronic Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. Epilepsy Research and Treatment،Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-11.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Zamarian, Laura…[et al.]. Executive Functions in Chronic Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. Epilepsy Research and Treatment No. 2011 (2011), pp.1-11.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Zamarian, Laura& Trinka, Eugen& Bonatti, Elisabeth& Kuchukhidze, Giorgi& Bodner, Thomas& Benke, Thomas…[et al.]. Executive Functions in Chronic Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. Epilepsy Research and Treatment. 2011. Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-483781
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-483781