Limb apraxia in a patient with cerebral infarct: Diffusion tensor tractography study

NeuroRehabilitation

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 255-259

  Hong, Ji Heon ^a   Lee, Jun ^b   Cho, Yoon Woo ^b   Byun, Woo Mok ^b   Cho, Hee Kyung ^b   Son, Su Min ^b   Jang, Sung Ho ^a,b  

^a SunMoon University   (South Korea)

^b Yeungnam University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; ideomotor apraxia; limb kinetic apraxia; premotor cortex; superior longitudinal fasciculus; SUPPL.ementary motor area

Indexed keywords

AGED; APRAXIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; LIMB KINETIC APRAXIA; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARALYSIS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; WEAKNESS;

AGED; ATAXIA; BRAIN; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84862864926     PISSN: 10538135     EISSN: 18786448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/NRE-2012-0753     Document Type: Article

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