Neuroanatomy of a neurobehavioral disturbance in the left anterior thalamic infarction

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1195-1200

  Nishio, Yoshiyuki ^a   Hashimoto, Mamoru ^b   Ishii, Kazunari ^c   Mori, Etsuro ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGED; ANOMIA; APATHY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEFT ANTERIOR THALAMIC INFARCTION; LIMBIC CORTEX; MAGNOCELLULAR VENTRAL ANTERIOR NUCLEUS; MALE; MAMILLOTHALAMIC TRACT; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROBEHAVIORAL DISTURBANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOTACTIC PROCEDURE; TEMPORAL LOBE; THALAMUS; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; VENTRAL ANTERIOR NUCLEUS; VENTRAL LATERAL ANTERIOR NUCLEUS; VENTRAL LATERAL POSTERIOR NUCLEUS; VERBAL MEMORY;

EID: 80053652069     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2010.236463     Document Type: Article

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