Impaired concentration due to frontal lobe damage from two distinct lesion sites

Neurology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 572-579

  Alexander, Michael P ^a,b,c   Stuss, D T ^b   Shallice, T ^d,e   Picton, T W ^b   Gillingham, S ^b  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e SISSA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONCENTRATION LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 23844534445     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000172912.07640.92     Document Type: Article

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