Gerstmann meets Geschwind: A crossing (or kissing) variant of a subcortical disconnection syndrome?

Neuroscientist

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 633-644

  Kleinschmidt, Andreas ^a,b   Rusconi, Elena ^c,d  

^a Unité 992 ^*  (France)

^b DIF   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

diffusion tensor imaging; functional and clinical neuroanatomy; functional neuroimaging; human brain; structure function relationships; tractography

Indexed keywords

AGNOSIA; AGRAPHIA; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN CORTEX LESION; COGNITION; DISORIENTATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GERSTMANN SYNDROME; HUMAN; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSOPAGNOSIA; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; WHITE MATTER;

AGRAPHIA; BRAIN; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DYSCALCULIA; GERSTMANN SYNDROME; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROIMAGING;

EID: 82555171628     PISSN: 10738584     EISSN: 10894098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073858411402093     Document Type: Review

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