Dementia and art: Neuronal intermediate filament inclusion disease and dissolution of artistic creativity

European Neurology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 137-144

  Budrys, Valmantas ^a   Skullerud, Kari ^c   Petroska, Donatas ^b   Lengveniene, Jurate ^b   Kaubrys, Gintaras ^a  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b Vilnius Republican Psychiatric Hospital   (Lithuania)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Artistic creativity; Frontotemporal dementia; Neuronal intermediate filament inclusion disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ART; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CREATIVITY; DEMENTIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEURONAL INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT INCLUSION DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORY ANALYSIS;

ART; CREATIVENESS; DEMENTIA; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INCLUSION BODIES; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS;

EID: 33847692822     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000098464     Document Type: Review

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