Action-intentional spatial bias in a patient with posterior cortical atrophy

Neurocase

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 529-534

  Cohen, Matthew L ^a,b   Burtis, Brandon ^a,b   Kwon, Jay Cheol ^c   Williamson, John ^a,b   Heilman, Kenneth M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Changwon Fatima Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Akinesia; Clock drawing; Hypokinesia; Neglect; Posterior cortical atrophy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CASE REPORT; DRAWING; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; WRITING;

ATROPHY; ATTENTION; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; INTENTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 78649499955     PISSN: 13554794     EISSN: 14653656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13554794.2010.487827     Document Type: Article

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