Impairment of inferior longitudinal fasciculus plays a role in visual memory disturbance

Neurocase

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 127-130

  Shinoura, Nobusada ^a   Suzuki, Yuichi ^a   Tsukada, Masanobu ^b   Katsuki, Shizuka ^b   Yamada, Ryozi ^a   Tabei, Yusuke ^a   Saito, Kuniaki ^a   Yagi, Kazuo ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN KOMAGOME HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

DTI; Inferior longitudinal fasciculus; Visual memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTELLIGENCE TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL MEMORY; WECHSLER MEMORY SCALE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OCCIPITAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISION; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 34250777059     PISSN: 13554794     EISSN: 14653656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13554790701399254     Document Type: Article

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