Ventral tegmental area injury and frontal lobe disorder

Neurology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 842-843

  Adair, John C ^a   Williamson, David J G ^a   Schwartz, Ronald L ^a   Heilman, Kenneth M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; TEGMENTUM MESENCEPHALI;

EID: 0029877724     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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