Cognitive function in patients with Parkinson's disease undergoing stereotaxic thalamotomy

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 564-571

  Lund Johansen, Morten ^a,b   Hugdahl, Kenneth ^a   Wester, Knut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cognition; Neuropsychology; Parkinson's disease; Stereotaxy; Thalamotomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; THALAMOTOMY; TREMOR; VERBAL MEMORY;

EID: 0030009385     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.60.5.564     Document Type: Article

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