Neuropsychological consequences of right thalamic haemorrhage: Case study and review

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 129-138

  Summers, Mathew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dysexecutive syndrome; Thalamic haemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; FRONTAL DISEXECUTIVE SYNDROME; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROGRADE AMNESIA; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; THALAMUS; THALAMUS ANTERIOR NUCLEUS;

CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; COGNITION DISORDERS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; THALAMUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036419891     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-2626(02)00017-9     Document Type: Article

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