Reorganization of verbal memory and language: A case of dissociation

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 69-74

  Wood, Amanda G ^b   Saling, Michael M ^a   O'Shea, Marie F ^b   Jackson, Graeme D ^b   Berkovic, Samuel F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cerebral dominance; Epilepsy; Language; Memory; Temporal lobe; Verbal learning

Indexed keywords

AMOBARBITAL; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; LEFT HEMISPHERE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; TEMPORAL LOBE; VERBAL MEMORY;

EID: 0033060244     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617799511090     Document Type: Article

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