Somesthetic disconnection syndromes in patients with callosal lesions

European Neurology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 65-71

  Ihori, Nami ^a,e   Kawamura, Mitsuru ^b   Fukuzawa, Kazuyoshi ^c   Kamaki, Mutsuo ^d  

^a Department of Rehabilitation Kawasaki Cooperative Hospital   (Japan)

^b SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOKYO METROPOLITAN HIROO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Callosal disconnection syndromes; Discrimative sensation; Posterior truncus, corpus callosum; Somesthetic reading; Tactile naming

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGRAPHIA; ALEXIA; ANOMIA; APRAXIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTELLIGENCE TEST; INTERHEMISPHERIC TRANSFER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDER; SOMESTHETIC DISCONNECTION SYNDROME; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 0033802959     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000008199     Document Type: Article

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