Akinetic mutism: Disconnection of frontal-subcortical circuits

Neuropsychiatry, Neuropsychology and Behavioral Neurology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 254-259

  Mega, Michael S ^a   Cohenour, Robert C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Akinetic mutism; Globus pallidus; Neurobehavior

Indexed keywords

AGED; AKINETIC MUTISM; ANTERIOR COMMISSURE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CASE REPORT; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMAN; LIMBIC CORTEX; NEUROANATOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGANIZATION; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AKINETIC MUTISM; APHASIA; ATROPHY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MOTIVATION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 0030694467     PISSN: 0894878X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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