Akinetic mutism and mixed transcortical aphasia following left thalamo- mesencephalic infarction

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 70-73

  Nagaratnam, Nages ^a   McNeil, Catriona ^a   Gilhotra, J S ^a  

^a Blacktown Mount Druitt Health   (Australia)

Author keywords

Frontal subcortical circuitry; Frontal like syndrome; Thalamo mesencephalic infarction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AKINETIC MUTISM; APATHY; APHASIA; APRAXIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; PERSEVERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS;

AFFECT; APHASIA; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; FRONTAL LOBE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MIDDLE AGED; MUTISM; THALAMUS;

EID: 0033081797     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(98)00329-3     Document Type: Article

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