The neuroanatomic correlates of semantic memory deficits in patients with Gulf War illnesses: A pilot study

Brain Imaging and Behavior

Volumn 4, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 248-255

  Calley, Clifford S ^a   Kraut, Michael A ^a,c   Spence, Jeffery S ^b   Briggs, Richard W ^b   Haley, Robert W ^b   Hart Jr , John ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

fMRI; Gulf War illness; Semantic memory; Word finding

Indexed keywords

AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTIC MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; THALAMUS;

ADULT; BRAIN; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; COGNITION; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; THALAMUS;

EID: 77957673854     PISSN: 19317557     EISSN: 19317565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11682-010-9103-2     Document Type: Article

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