"Pusher syndrome" following cortical lesions that spare the thalamus

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 253, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 455-463

  Johannsen, L ^a   Broetz, D ^a   Naegele, T ^a   Karnath, H O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain damage; Gravity; Human; Insula; Posture; Pusher syndrome; Somatosensory cortex; Thalamus; Vestibular

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BALANCE DISORDER; BRAIN CORTEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAVITY; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; INSULA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; PUSHER SYNDROME; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; STANDING; STROKE; THALAMUS; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VISION; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

AGED; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; ORIENTATION; STROKE; THALAMUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 33745673150     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-005-0025-7     Document Type: Article

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