Alertness-training in neglect: Behavioral and imaging results

Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 4-6, 2006, Pages 371-384

  Sturm, W ^a   Thimm, M ^a   Kust J ^c   Karbe, H ^c   Fink, G R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c Neurological Rehabilitation Centre Godeshohe   (Germany)

Author keywords

Functional reactivation; Neglect; Plasticity; Recovery of function; Spatial attention; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OPTOKINETIC STIMULATION; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; UNILATERAL NEGLECT; VISUAL DEPRIVATION;

ADULT; AGED; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 33751117813     PISSN: 09226028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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