Disrupted auto-activation, dysexecutive and confabulating syndrome following bilateral thalamic and right putaminal stroke

Behavioural Neurology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 145-151

  De Witte, Lieve ^a   Engelborghs, Sebastiaan ^b,c,d   Verhoeven, Jo ^e   De Deyn, Peter P ^b,c   Mariën, Peter ^a,b,f  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c University College Antwerp   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^e CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f MIDDELHEIM HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bithalamic stroke; Confabulatory syndrome; Dysexecutive syndrome; Psychic akinesia; Putamen

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN PERFUSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFABULATION; DYSEXECUTIVE SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STROKE; THALAMUS;

EID: 47849102747     PISSN: 09534180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2008/693671     Document Type: Article

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