The thalamus and basal ganglia: What is exactly where?: A reply to 'Neuropsychological consequences of right thalamic injury: Case study and review,' MJ Summers, Brain and Cognition 50 (2002)

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 472-475

  Benke, Thomas ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Brain lesion; Neuroanatomy; Neuropsychology; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT THALAMUS INJURY; THALAMUS;

EID: 0344011129     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-2626(03)00185-4     Document Type: Letter

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