Table 1

Activation foci in normal control subjects), left and right epileptic patients during the encoding tests (stereotaxic coordinates are expressed in mm)

	Left hemisphere												Right hemisphere
	CTRL				LTLE				RTLE				CTRL				LTLE				RTLE
Region	x	y	z	z value	x	y	z	z value	x	y	z	z value	x	y	z	z value	x	y	z	z value	x	y	z	z value
CTRL, controls; LTLE, left temporal lobe epilepsy; RTLE, right temporal lobe epilepsy; Cx, cortex; O, occipital; OT, occipito-temporal; T, temporal; ST, superior temporal; F, frontal; Med, medial; CG, cingulum; G, gyrus; Fus, fusiform; Lin, lingual; PH, parahippocampus.
Post Cx
O Cx	−15	−72	12	4.5									15	−66	12	5.7
	−18	−81	15	5.7									18	−75	12	4.3
	−27	−75	21	7.3									21	−84	15	8.1
OT Cx
37/41/42
P Cx	−33	−51	48	6.5	−33	−48	48	5.01									36	−42	48	4.63	33	−45	45	5.91
40/7	−33	−60	45	6.5	−45	−33	39	5.77									30	−51	57	4.71	39	−45	54	4.03
	−30	−66	39	5.2													33	−54	48	5.07

T Cx
ST Cx	−57	−36	6	5.6	−63	−36	3	5.04
22					−54	−42	3	4.99

F Cx
Ventro	−54	24	6	6.8	−54	27	9	5.85					42	27	9	7.1
lateral Cx	−39	27	3	4.4	−36	24	9	6.22
44/45					−36	48	12	4.15

Dorso					−57	0	33	4.28	−57	6	39	4.32					42	30	30	6.9
lateral Cx					−57	27	24	5.46	−54	−6	45	4.74					27	57	27	4.95
6/9/10/46					−51	30	30	7.22	−45	6	36	7.21					33	51	30	5.43
					−42	48	24	5.1									36	45	21	4.99
					−42	54	18	4.18
					−48	21	30	7.05
					−36	42	21	3.92
					−33	60	12	4.47

Med Cx
CG Cx
23/30/31
CG Cx																					12	15	42	5.10
32
Fus G	−6	−63	9	5.0									9	−60	9	5.0
Lin G
PH G
6/8					−6	9	63	7.97									6	3	63	7.38
					−3	33	48	6.84
					−9	21	42	5.99