Lateralized thalamic stimulation: Effects on verbal memory

Neuropsychiatry, Neuropsychology and Behavioral Neurology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 155-161

  Hugdahl, Kenneth ^a   Wester, Knut ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Memory; Parkinson's disease; Thalamic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATING ROOM; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; STIMULATION; THALAMOTOMY; THALAMUS; VERBAL MEMORY;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN MAPPING; DICHOTIC LISTENING TESTS; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; THALAMIC NUCLEI; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 0030963668     PISSN: 0894878X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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