On the genesis of unilateral micrographia of the progressive type

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1685-1696

  Barbarulo, Anna Maria ^a   Grossi, Dario ^a   Merola, Stefania ^a   Conson, Massimiliano ^a   Trojano, Luigi ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Executive functions; External cues; Focal brain lesion; Micrographia; Neuropsychology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DYSGRAPHIA; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; MALE; MICROGRAPHIA; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; WRITING;

BASAL GANGLIA DISEASES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HANDWRITING; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 33847731823     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2007.01.002     Document Type: Article

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