Splenium or parahippocampus involvement and its relationship to cognitive decline in posterior cerebral artery infarction

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 914-917

  Park, Key Chung ^a   Yoon, Sung Sang ^a   Seo, Kyung Hwa ^b  

^a Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cognitive decline; MMSE; Parahippocampus; Posterior cerebral artery infarction; Splenium

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; OCCIPITAL LOBE; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; SUBICULUM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFARCTION, POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 67349225671     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2008.09.010     Document Type: Article

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