Taking both sides: Do unilateral anterior temporal lobe lesions disrupt semantic memory?

Brain

Volumn 133, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3243-3255

  Lambon Ralph, Matthew A ^a   Cipolotti, Lisa ^b,c   Manes, Facundo ^d   Patterson, Karalyn ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^d Favoloro University and Institute of Cognitive Neurology   (Argentina)

^e MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cognitive neuropsychology; language; semantic memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR TEMPORAL LOBE LESION; APHASIA; APTITUDE TEST; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTIC DEMENTIA; SEMANTIC MEMORY; SPEECH; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGED; ATROPHY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; TEMPORAL LOBE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78049468635     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awq264     Document Type: Article

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