Posterior intralaminar nuclei of the thalamus and cognitive processes;Núcleos intralaminares posteriores del tálamo y procesos cognitivos

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 217-225

  Quiroz Padilla, María Fernanda ^a   Martí Nicolovius, Margarita ^b   Guillazo Blanch, Gemma ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA SABANA   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arousal systems; Attention; Cognitive impairment; Disorders of consciousness; Intralaminar thalamic nuclei; Learning; Memory; Neurological diseases

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ATTENTION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEMORY; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PSYCHOBIOLOGY; REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE; THALAMUS; THALAMUS INTRALAMINAR NUCLEUS;

EID: 77955643820     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33588/rn.5104.2010095     Document Type: Review

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