ABSTRACT
This longitudinal study explored change in memory function from childhood to young adulthood in temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). The 24 participants (11 left TLE; 13 right TLE) had a mean age of 16.10 years (SD=4.13 years), and 14 had undergone surgery since initial assessment. Contrary to baseline, verbal memory deficits were lateralized (leftSubject(s)
Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe/complications
, Memory Disorders/etiology
, Recognition, Psychology/physiology
, Adolescent
, Analysis of Variance
, Anticonvulsants/therapeutic use
, Association Learning/physiology
, Child
, Depression/diagnosis
, Depression/etiology
, Electroencephalography
, Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe/drug therapy
, Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe/surgery
, Face
, Female
, Functional Laterality
, Humans
, Intelligence/physiology
, Longitudinal Studies
, Male
, Maze Learning/physiology
, Memory Disorders/diagnosis
, Neuropsychological Tests
, Recognition, Psychology/drug effects
, Retrospective Studies
, Time Factors
, Young Adult
