Connectivity-Based Parcellation of the Thalamus Explains Specific Cognitive and Behavioural Symptoms in Patients with Bilateral Thalamic Infarct

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Serra, Laura ^a   Cercignani, Mara ^a,b   Carlesimo, Giovanni A ^a,c   Fadda, Lucia ^a,c   Tini, Nadia ^a   Giulietti, Giovanni ^a   Caltagirone, Carlo ^a,c   Bozzali, Marco ^a  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b BRIGHTON AND SUSSEX MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROBABILITY; SUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR AREA; SYMPTOM; THALAMUS INFARCTION; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DISEASE; COGNITION; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; THALAMUS;

ADULT; BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE NET; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; THALAMIC DISEASES; THALAMUS;

EID: 84878664944     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064578     Document Type: Article

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