The thalamus and behavior: Effects of anatomically distinct strokes

Neurology

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1817-1823

  Carrera, Emmanuel ^a   Bogousslavsky, Julien ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOSOGNOSIA; APRAXIA; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STROKE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THALAMUS;

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; THALAMUS;

EID: 33745904443     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000219679.95223.4c     Document Type: Review

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