Complete mutism after midbrain periaqueductal gray lesion

NeuroReport

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 681-685

  Esposito, Antonio ^a   Demeurisse, Guy ^a   Alberti, Barbara ^b   Fabbro, Franco ^b  

^a BRUGMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b Associazione La Nostra Famiglia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Emotion; Midbrain; Mutism; Periaqueductal gray; Speech; Vocalization

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; COMPREHENSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MESENCEPHALON; MUTISM; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; VOCALIZATION;

EID: 0033577157     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001756-199903170-00004     Document Type: Article

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