Topographical disorientation consequent to amnesia of spatial location in a patient with right parahippocampal damage

Cortex

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 427-434

  Luzzi, Simona ^a   Pucci, Eugenio ^a   Di Bella, Paolo ^a   Piccirilli, Massimo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Right parahippocampal gyrus; Spatial memory; Topographical disorientation

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISORIENTATION; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; SPATIAL MEMORY; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; STROKE; SUBICULUM; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033916557     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-9452(08)70851-7     Document Type: Article

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