Abnormal visual phenomena in posterior cortical atrophy

Neurocase

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 160-177

  Crutch, Sebastian J ^a   Lehmann, Manja ^a   Gorgoraptis, Nikos ^b   Kaski, Diego ^c   Ryan, Natalie ^a   Husain, Masud ^b   Warrington, Elizabeth K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease (AD); Colour perception; Gaze instability; Posterior cortical atrophy (PCA); Reversal of vision metamorphopsia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MOTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; POSTERIOR CORTICAL ATROPHY; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL STIMULATION;

AFTERIMAGE; ATROPHY; COLOR PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; READING; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79952508386     PISSN: 13554794     EISSN: 14653656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13554794.2010.504729     Document Type: Article

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