A case study of an emerging visual artist with frontotemporal lobar degeneration and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Neurocase

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 235-247

  Liu, Anli ^a,b   Werner, Kelly ^a,b   Roy, Subhojit ^a,b   Trojanowski, John Q ^a,b   Morgan Kane, Ursula ^a,b   Miller, Bruce L ^a,b   Rankin, Katherine P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Art; Emotion; Frontotemporal lobar degeneration; Social behavior

Indexed keywords

TAR DNA BINDING PROTEIN; UBIQUITIN;

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ART; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN DEGENERATION; CASE REPORT; CASE STUDY; COMPULSION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FRONTAL LOBE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMAN; IMAGING; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PAINTING; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ART; ATROPHY; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN; CREATIVENESS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; EMOTIONS; FATAL OUTCOME; FRONTOTEMPORAL LOBAR DEGENERATION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INCLUSION BODIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; SPINAL CORD; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 74749090933     PISSN: 13554794     EISSN: 14653656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13554790802633213     Document Type: Article

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