A serial study of regional cerebral blood flow deficits in patients with left anterior thalamic infarction: Anatomical and neuropsychological correlates

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 84-91

  Shim, Yong S ^a   Kim, Joong Seok ^a   Shon, Young Min ^a   Chung, Yong Ahn ^a   Ahn, Kook Jin ^a   Yang, Dong Won ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anterograde amnesia; Frontal executive dysfunction; Left anterior thalamus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTEROGRADE AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS; THALAMUS ANTERIOR NUCLEUS; VERBAL MEMORY;

AGED; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; STROKE; THALAMUS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 38749122452     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2007.09.016     Document Type: Article

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