Learning and memory deficits caused by a lesion in the medial area of the left putamen in the human brain

CNS Spectrums

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 473-476

  Shu, Si Yun ^a   Song, Cai ^b   Wu, Yongming ^c   Mo, Lei ^a,d   Guo, Zhouyi ^a   Liu, Song Hao ^a   Bao, Xinmin ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^c SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Center for Studies of Psychological Application   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARM WEAKNESS; BABINSKI REFLEX; BASAL GANGLION HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEAD INJURY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; LETTER; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; STANFORD-BINET INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PUTAMEN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 70849089742     PISSN: 10928529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1092852900023531     Document Type: Letter

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