Mesial temporal structures and comorbid anxiety in refractory partial epilepsy.
We used quantitative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to examine the mesial temporal structures in subjects with refractory partial epilepsy and comorbid anxiety and found preservation with a right-sided preponderance. The findings indicate a role for this brain region in the genesis of anxiety.
Satishchandra
Parthasarathy
P
Raymond Way Neuropsychiatry Research Group, Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom.
Krishnamoorthy
Ennapadam S
ES
van Elst
Ludger Tebartz
LT
Lemieux
Louis
L
Koepp
Mathias
M
Brown
Richard J
RJ
Trimble
Michael R
MR
D000679:Amygdala / Q000503:physiopathology; D001007:Anxiety / Q000209:etiology*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D004828:Epilepsies, Partial / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D012598:Sclerosis / Q000209:etiology*; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000503:physiopathology*