Asymmetries of visual attention after circumscribed subcortical vascular lesions

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 652-657

  Fimm, B ^a   Zahn, R ^a   Mull, M ^b   Kemeny, S ^b   Buchwald, F ^a   Block, F ^a   Schwarz, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b Klinik fur Radiologische Diagnostik   (Germany)

^c Neurologische Klinik Dortmund   (Germany)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Spatial attention; Visual search

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN CORTEX LESION; CAPSULA INTERNA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THALAMUS; VISION; VISUAL DEPRIVATION;

ADULT; AGED; BASAL GANGLIA; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; REACTION TIME; THALAMUS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0034776687     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.71.5.652     Document Type: Article

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