Functional reorganization after training of alertness in two patients with right-hemisphere lesions;Funktionelle Reorganisation nach Alertness-Training bei zwei Patienten mit Läsionen der rechten Hemisphere

Zeitschrift fur Neuropsychologie

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 250-261

  Longoni, Francesca ^a   Sturm, Walter ^a   Weis, Susanne ^a   Holtel, Christiane ^a   Specht, Karsten ^a,b   Herzog, Hans ^b   Willmes, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alertness deficit; Alertness training; Functional reorganization; PET activation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010719413     PISSN: 1016264X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024//1016-264X.11.4.250     Document Type: Article

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