Visualizing the emergence of posterior cortical atrophy

Neurocase

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 248-257

  Kennedy, Jonathan ^a   Lehmann, Manja ^a   Sokolska, Magdalena J ^a   Archer, Hilary ^a   Warrington, Elizabeth K ^a   Fox, Nick C ^a   Crutch, Sebastian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Early symptoms; Longitudinal; Neuroimaging; Neuropsychology; Posterior cortical atrophy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX ATROPHY; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DYSLEXIA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PERCEPTION DISORDER; POSTERIOR PARIETAL CORTEX; TEMPORAL LOBE; VERBAL MEMORY;

ATROPHY; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION DISORDERS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARIETAL LOBE; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; VOCABULARY;

EID: 84861162697     PISSN: 13554794     EISSN: 14653656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13554794.2011.588180     Document Type: Article

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