Abulia from unilateral capsular genu infarction: Report of two cases

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 143, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 181-184

  Yamanaka, Koji ^a   Fukuyama, Hidenao ^b   Kimura, Jun ^b  

^a FUKUI PREFECTURAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abulia; Cerebral infarction; Genu; Internal capsule; MRI; SPECT

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

AGED; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; VOLITION;

EID: 0030296534     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(96)00201-8     Document Type: Article

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