Abulia and cognitive impairment in two patients with capsular genu infarct

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 185-190

  Pantoni, L ^a   Basile, A M ^a   Romanelli, M ^a   Piccini, C ^a   Sarti, C ^a   Nencini, P ^a   Inzitari, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dementia; Frontal subcortical circuits; Internal capsule genu; Strategic infarct dementia; Stroke; Vascular dementia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAPSULA INTERNA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFUSION; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; INFARCTION; LEUKOARAIOSIS; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

AGED; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CONFUSION; DEMENTIA, MULTI-INFARCT; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; DYSARTHRIA; HUMANS; INTERNAL CAPSULE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUTISM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034847904     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0404.2001.00370.x     Document Type: Article

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