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Cerebellar atrophy in temporal lobe epilepsy affects procedural memory

From the Department of Neurology (Drs. Hermann and Rutecki, and R. Hansen and K. Bayless), University of Wisconsin, Madison; Department of Psychology (Dr. Seidenberg and C. Dow), Rosalind Franklin University of Science and Medicine, North Chicago, IL; and Department of Pediatrics (Dr. Sears), University of Louisville, KY.

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Bruce Hermann, Matthews Neuropsychology Lab, Department of Neurology, 600 N. Highland, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53792; e-mail: hermann{at}neurology.wisc.edu

The authors examined a cognitive function mediated by the cerebellum, classical eyeblink conditioning, and its relationship to cerebellar volume in healthy controls (n = 59) and temporal lobe epilepsy subjects (n = 77). Controls demonstrated better conditioning, larger cerebellar volumes, and an association between conditioning and cerebellar volume that was not observed in epilepsy patients. These findings provide support for the hypothesis that cerebellar atrophy in epilepsy affects procedural memory.

Received February 25, 2004. Accepted in final form August 2, 2004.

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