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Descriptor English: Split-Brain Procedure
Descriptor Spanish: Procedimiento de Escisión Encefálica
Descriptor comisurotomía
Scope note: Sección total del CUERPO CALLOSO. En los humanos se realiza para tratar la EPILEPSIA multifocal que no responde al tratamiento. En investigación se utilizan MODELOS ANIMALES EXPERIMENTALES obtenidos mediante este procedimiento.
Descriptor Portuguese: Procedimento de Encéfalo Dividido
Descriptor French: Commissurotomie
Entry term(s): Procedures, Split-Brain
Split Brain
Split Brain Procedure
Split-Brain
Split-Brain Procedures
Tree number(s): E04.525.770
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D050812
Scope note: Complete severing of the CORPUS CALLOSUM. In humans it is usually performed to treat medically intractable, multifocal EPILEPSY. EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL MODELS of split brain preparations are used in research.
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
EC economics
ED education
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MO mortality
MT methods
NU nursing
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
Previous Indexing: Corpus Callosum (1966-2005)
Public MeSH Note: 2006
History Note: 2006
Related: Functional Laterality MeSH
DeCS ID: 51223
Unique ID: D050812
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2006/01/01
Date of Entry: 2005/06/30
Revision Date: 2006/07/10
Split-Brain Procedure - Preferred
Concept UI M0478025
Scope note Complete severing of the CORPUS CALLOSUM. In humans it is usually performed to treat medically intractable, multifocal EPILEPSY. EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL MODELS of split brain preparations are used in research.
Preferred term Split-Brain Procedure
Entry term(s) Procedures, Split-Brain
Split Brain
Split Brain Procedure
Split-Brain
Split-Brain Procedures



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