Is unilateral spatial neglect a single phenomenon? A comparative study between exploratory-motor and visual-counting tests

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 244, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 412-417

  Maeshima, S ^a   Truman, G ^b   Smith, D S ^b   Dohi, N ^c   Nakai, K ^a   Itakura, T ^a   Komai, N ^a  

^a WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Kagoshima Prefectural College   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular accident; Exploratory motor tasks; Frontal lobe; Perceptual sensory tasks; Unilateral spatial neglect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX LESION; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INSULA; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARALYSIS; PATIENT CODING; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SPEECH ARTICULATION; STROKE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; VISION TEST; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 0030804207     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004150050114     Document Type: Article

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