Alien limb following posterior cerebral artery stroke: Failure to recognize internally generated movements?

Movement Disorders

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1498-1502

  Coulthard, Elizabeth ^a,b   Rudd, Anthony ^c,d   Playford, E Diane ^a   Husain, Masud ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alien hand; Awareness; Intention; Motor preparation; Sensory alien limb

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGNOSIA; ALIEN LIMB SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMIANOPIA; HUMAN; LIMB MOVEMENT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; THALAMUS; VISUAL DEPRIVATION;

EID: 34548034709     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.21546     Document Type: Article

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