Neuroimaging and behavioral correlates of recovery from mnestic block syndrome and other cognitive deteriorations

Neuropsychiatry, Neuropsychology and Behavioral Neurology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 60-66

  Markowitsch, Hans J ^a   Kessler, Josef ^b   Weber Luxenburger, Gerald ^b   Van Der Ven, Christian ^b   Albers, Matthias ^b   Heiss, Wolf Dieter ^b  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE;

ADULT; ANTEROGRADE AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN METABOLISM; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RETROGRADE AMNESIA; STRESS;

AMNESIA; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION DISORDERS; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTELLIGENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0033977829     PISSN: 0894878X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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