Neuropsychological correlates of a right unilateral lacunar thalamic infarction

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 36-42

  Van Der Werf, Y D ^a,b   Weerts, J G E ^a   Jolles, J ^c   Witter, M P ^a   Lindeboom, J ^a   Scheltens, Ph ^b  

^a Department of Anatomy and Embryology ^*

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amnesia; Diencephalon; Dysexecutive; Neuropsychology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APATHY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THALAMUS; TIME; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY;

EID: 0033033721     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.66.1.36     Document Type: Article

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