Corpus callosum functioning in patients with normal pressure hydrocephalus before and after surgery

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 253, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 625-630

  Mataro M ^a   Poca, M A ^b   Matarin M ^a   Sahuquillo, J ^b   Sebastian N ^a   Junque C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dementia; Dichotic listening; Hydrocephalus; Neuropsychology; Shunt surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DEMENTIA; DICHOTIC LISTENING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHUNTING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DICHOTIC LISTENING TESTS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS, NORMAL PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33745058723     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-005-0073-z     Document Type: Article

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