Functional anatomy and neuropsychological assessments of frontal lobe : a review

Neuropsychological performance in frontal lobe epilepsy

The search for a special neuropsychological profile of frontal lobe epilepsy subjects (FLE) has so far led to inconclusive results. In this paper we compared the preoperative neuropsychological performance of FLE and temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) subjects. We further investigated whether frontal lobe lesions of epileptogenic cause produce the same type of cognitive dysfunction as do tumours of t...

O5: Frontal Lobe Epilepsy

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Apathy in schizophrenia: reduced frontal lobe volume and neuropsychological deficits.

OBJECTIVE Apathy is a common negative symptom in schizophrenia. The authors investigated neuropsychological performance and regional brain volumes in schizophrenia patients with high versus low levels of apathy. METHOD Schizophrenia patients with low apathy levels (N=18) and high apathy levels (N=20) and 12 healthy comparison subjects completed neuropsychological testing as well as magnetic r...

Frontal Lobe Epilepsies: Neuropsychological and Behavioral Consequences in Children

Surgery of children with frontal lobe lesional epilepsy: neuropsychological study.

AIM OF THE STUDY was to provide new data about the evolution of neuropsychological findings in patients with lesional frontal lobe epilepsy (FLE) operated on with lesion excision. PATIENTS AND METHODS Twelve patients with lesional FLE underwent full clinical examination including neurological, neuropsychological and developmental assessments, high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), ...