Acalculia: An fMRI study with implications with respect to brain plasticity

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 113, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1505-1523

  Bernal, Byron ^a   Ardila, Alfredo ^b   Altman, Nolan R ^a  

^a MIAMI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acalculia; Brain; Calculations; fMRI; Functional; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

ACALCULIA; ADULT; ANGULAR GYRUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN INFARCTION; CALCULATION; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; THALAMUS;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MENTAL PROCESSES; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PARIETAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0242485414     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207450390231545     Document Type: Article

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