Motor and somatosensory conversion disorder: A functional unawareness Syndrome?

Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 141-151

  Perez, David L ^a,b,c   Barsky, Arthur J ^a   Daffner, Kirk ^a,b   Silbersweig, David A ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; COGNITION; CONVERSION DISORDER; DELUSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EMOTION; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HYSTERIA; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MOOD DISORDER; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; PARIETAL CORTEX; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDER; SYMPTOM;

EID: 84865121223     PISSN: 08950172     EISSN: 15457222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.neuropsych.11050110     Document Type: Article

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