Degenerative prefrontal damage in a young adult: Static and dynamic imaging and neuropsychological correlates

Neurocase

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 173-179

  Kessler, J ^a   Markowitsch, H J ^b   Ghaemi, M ^a   Rudolf, J ^c   Weniger, G H ^d   Heiss, W D ^a,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR NEUROLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dementia; Frontal lobe; PET

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEGENERATION; BRAIN TOMOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBITAL CORTEX; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

EID: 0032961938     PISSN: 13554794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/neucas/5.2.173     Document Type: Article

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