Central pathway of taste: Clinical and MRI study

European Neurology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 200-203

  Lee, Byung Chul ^a   Hwang, Sung Hee ^a   Rison, Richard ^b   Chang, Gregory Youngnam ^b  

^a Hallym University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brainstem infarct; Central tegmental tract; Hemiageusia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGEUSIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIAL LEMNISCUS; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE PROJECTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; TASTE;

AGEUSIA; BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0031981480     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000007934     Document Type: Article

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