Frontal Lobe Connectivity and Cognitive Impairment in Frontal Lobe Epilepsy

Abstract

Investigators at Maastricht University Medical Center, and Epilepsy Center Kempenhaeghe, The Netherlands, using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), studied the relationship between brain activation, functional connectivity, and cognitive functioning in 32 children aged 8-13 years with frontal lobe epilepsy (FLE) and 41 healthy age-matched controls.

Keywords

• functional magnetic resonance imaging
• frontal lobe epilepsy
• cognitive impairment