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SUBMITTER: Sidhu MK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6488925 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sidhu Meneka K MK Thompson Pamela J PJ Wandschneider Britta B Foulkes Alexandra A de Tisi Jane J Stretton Jason J Perona Marina M Thom Maria M Bonelli Silvia B SB Burdett Jane J Williams Elaine E Duncan John S JS Matarin Mar M
CNS neuroscience & therapeutics 20180627 2
<h4>Introduction</h4>Medial temporal lobe epilepsy (mTLE) is the most common refractory focal epilepsy in adults. Around 30%-40% of patients have prominent memory impairment and experience significant postoperative memory and language decline after surgical treatment. BDNF Val66Met polymorphism has also been associated with cognition and variability in structural and functional hippocampal indices in healthy controls and some patient groups.<h4>Aims</h4>We examined whether BDNF Val66Met variatio ...[more]