Unilateral Spatial Neglect in Degenerative Brain Pathology

Neuropsychology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 554-566

  Silveri, Maria Caterina ^a   Ciccarelli, Nicoletta ^a   Cappa, Antonella ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Degenerative brain diseases; Disconnection syndromes; Spatial working memory; Unilateral spatial neglect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX ATROPHY; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; CORTICOBASAL DEGENERATION; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; FEMALE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; UNILATERAL SPATIAL NEGLECT; VISION; VISUAL DEPRIVATION; VISUAL DISORDER; WORKING MEMORY;

AGED; ATROPHY; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 80052225977     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: 19311559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023957     Document Type: Article

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