Pure alexia for kana. Characterization of alexia with lesions of the inferior occipital cortex

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 268, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 48-59

  Sakurai, Yasuhisa ^a   Terao, Yasuo ^b   Ichikawa, Yaeko ^b   Ohtsu, Hiroshi ^b   Momose, Toshimitsu ^b   Tsuji, Shoji ^b   Mannen, Toru ^a  

^a MITSUI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fusiform gyrus; Inferior occipital gyrus; Kana; Kanji; Letter by letter reading

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGRAPHIA; ALEXIA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGRAPHIA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; DYSLEXIA; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PHONETICS; READING; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; WRITING;

EID: 40849140943     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2007.10.030     Document Type: Article

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