Posterior cerebral artery infarcts and semantic category dissociations: A study of 28 patients

Brain

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 965-981

  Capitani, Erminio ^a   Laiacona, Marcella ^b   Pagani, Rossella ^c   Capasso, Rita ^d,e   Zampetti, Patrizia ^f   Miceli, Gabriele ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b IRCCS   (Italy)

^c SAN PAOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^e IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^f CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Category dissociations; Fusiform gyrus; Semantics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGNOSIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DISSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEMANTICS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STROKE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 65249146597     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awp013     Document Type: Article

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