Sex differences in the pre and postoperative neuropsychological function of epilepsy surgery candidates

Conclusions: There are subtle but significant sex differences in the neuropsychological profiles of people with temporal lobe epilepsy, before and following surgery. Whilst females generally perform better than males on tests of verbal memory function before surgery they demonstrate greater post-operative declines on these measures following surgery.PMID:37975582 | DOI:10.1080/13854046.2023.2281706
Source: The Clinical Neuropsychologist - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Source Type: research