Visuo-spatial imagery impairment in posterior cortical atrophy: A cognitive and SPECT study

Behavioural Neurology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 123-132

  Gardini, Simona ^a   Concari, Letizia ^a   Pagliara, Salvatrice ^b   Ghetti, Caterina ^c   Venneri, Annalena ^d,e   Caffarra, Paolo ^a,b,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b AUSL   (Italy)

^c Azienda Universitaria Ospedaliera di Parma   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^e IRCCS SAN CAMILLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

dementia; imagery; Posterior cortical atrophy; rCBF; spatial abilities; visual process

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AGED; AGNOSIA; ARTICLE; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CORTEX ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISORIENTATION; EPISODIC MEMORY; HUMAN; IMAGERY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTIC MEMORY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SPATIAL MEMORY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 79952183030     PISSN: 09534180     EISSN: 18758584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/BEN-2011-0279     Document Type: Article

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