Do brain tumours allow valid conclusions on the localisation of human brain functions?

Cortex

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1016-1017

  Duffau, Hugues ^a,b  

^a GUI DE CHAULIAC HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL SAINT ELOI   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN TUMOR; GLIOMA; HUMAN; NOTE;

ATTENTION; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79959889351     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 00109452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2010.11.010     Document Type: Note

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