Selective motor imagery defect in patients with locked-in syndrome

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2622-2628

  Conson, Massimiliano ^a   Sacco, Simona ^b,c   Sarà, Marco ^b   Pistoia, Francesca ^b,c   Grossi, Dario ^a   Trojano, Luigi ^a,d  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b Casa di Cura San Raffaele   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^d IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Locked in syndrome; Mental rotation; Motor imagery; Motor system

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGERY; LOCKED IN SYNDROME; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR IMAGERY DEFECT; MOTOR SYSTEM; NERVE CELL NETWORK; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ADULT; AGED; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PONS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUADRIPLEGIA; ROTATION;

EID: 47349122457     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2008.04.015     Document Type: Article

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