Number processing and basal ganglia dysfunction: A single case study

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1050-1062

  Delazer, Margarete ^a   Domahs, Frank ^a   Lochy, Aliette ^a   Karner, Elfriede ^a   Benke, Thomas ^a   Poewe, Werner ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Arithmetic; Basal ganglia; Conceptual knowledge; Multiplication; Number processing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAHR DISEASE; FRONTAL LOBE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL INSTABILITY; MENTAL TASK; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERSONALITY DISORDER; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROBLEM SOLVING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

BASAL GANGLIA DISEASES; BRAIN MAPPING; CALCINOSIS; COGNITION DISORDERS; CONCEPT FORMATION; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE NET; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; THALAMUS;

EID: 1842506207     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2003.12.009     Document Type: Article

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