Unusual compensatory neural connections following disruption of corpus callosum fibers in a patient with corpus callosum hemorrhage

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 123, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 892-895

  Jang, Sung Ho ^a   Yeo, Sang Seok ^a   Chang, Min Cheol ^a  

^a Yeungnam University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Alien hand syndrome; Corpus callosum; Diffusion tensor imaging; Hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALIEN HAND SYNDROME; ANTERIOR COMMISSURE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM RUPTURE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRONTO OCCIPITAL FASCICULUS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NERVE FIBER; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TEMPORAL LOBE; ANISOTROPY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE TRACT; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84887857584     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: 15635279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00207454.2013.810627     Document Type: Article

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