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  • Title: Face memory in MRI-positive and MRI-negative temporal lobe epilepsy.
    Author: Bengner T, Malina T, Lindenau M, Voges B, Goebell E, Stodieck S.
    Journal: Epilepsia; 2006 Nov; 47(11):1904-14. PubMed ID: 17116031.
    Abstract:
    PURPOSE: Effects of MRI-positive (MRI(+)) as compared to MRI-negative (MRI(-)) temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) on face memory are not yet known. METHODS: We studied 24 MRI(-) (11 right/13 left) and 20 MRI(+) (13 right/7 left) TLE patients, 12 generalized epilepsy patients, and 12 healthy subjects undergoing diagnostic workup with 24-72-h Video-EEG-monitoring. Twenty faces were shown, and had to be recognized from 40 faces immediately and after a 24-h delay. RESULTS: MRI(+) and MRI(-) right TLE (RTLE) patients showed deficits in face recognition compared to controls or generalized epilepsy, consistent with right temporal lobe dominance for face recognition. MRI(+) RTLE patients had deficits in both immediate and delayed recognition, while MRI(-) RTLE patients showed delayed recognition deficits only. The RTLE groups showed comparable delayed recognition deficits. Separate analyses in which the MRI(+) group included patients with hippocampal sclerosis only, did not alter results. Furthermore, MRI(-) RTLE had a worse delayed recognition than MRI(-) left TLE (LTLE). On the other hand, MRI(+) RTLE did not differ from MRI(+) LTLE in delayed recognition. Combining MRI(-) and MRI(+) TLE groups, we found differences between RTLE and LTLE in delayed, but not immediate face recognition. CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggest that a delayed recognition condition might be superior to immediate recognition tests in detecting face memory deficits in MRI(-) RTLE patients. This might explain why former studies in preoperative patients did not observe an immediate face recognition dominance of the right temporal lobe when combining MRI(-) and MRI(+) TLE patients. Our data further point to an important role of the right mesial temporal region in face recognition in TLE.
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