Conversion disorder: Understanding the pathogenic links between emotion and motor systems in the brain

Brain

Volumn 133, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1295-1297

  Rowe, James B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CONVERSION DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; DYSTONIA; EMOTION; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR SYSTEM; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; NOTE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOGENESIS; TREMOR;

BRAIN; CONVERSION DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MOVEMENT; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; NEUROLOGY; PSYCHIATRY;

EID: 77951892785     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awq096     Document Type: Note

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