Long-lasting topographical disorientation in new environments

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 273, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 57-66

  Rusconi, Maria Luisa ^a   Morganti, Francesca ^a,b   Paladino, Anna ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anterograde topographical amnesia; Hippocampus; Spatial cognition; Spatial learning; Topographical disorientation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISORIENTATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMAGERY; LEARNING; MAZE TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; RECOGNITION;

ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CONFUSION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORIENTATION;

EID: 50049123245     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2008.06.015     Document Type: Article

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