Visual attention in patients with intracranial arachnoid cysts

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 254, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 60-66

  Gundersen, Hilde ^a   Helland, Christian A ^a,b   Raeder, Maria Baroy ^a,b   Hugdahl, Kenneth ^a   Wester, Knut ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arachnoid cysts; Attentional deficits; Cognition; Improvement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARACHNOID CYSTS; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CUES; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33847112788     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-006-0280-2     Document Type: Article

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