Structural connectivity in a single case of progressive prosopagnosia: The role of the right inferior longitudinal fasciculus

Cortex

Volumn 56, Issue , 2014, Pages 111-120

  Grossi, Dario ^a   Soricelli, Andrea ^b   Ponari, Marta ^a   Salvatore, Elena ^c   Quarantelli, Mario ^d   Prinster, Anna ^b,d   Trojano, Luigi ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b IRCCS SDN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Inferior fronto occipital fasciculus; Inferior longitudinal fasciculus; Progressive prosopagnosia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX ATROPHY; BRAIN FUNCTION; CASE REPORT; CONNECTOME; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FACE PROFILE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUSIFORM GYRUS; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTO OCCIPITAL FASCICULUS; INFERIOR LONGITUDINAL BUNDLE; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NERVE TRACT; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PROGRESSIVE PROSOPAGNOSIA; PROSOPAGNOSIA; RECOGNITION; SEMANTIC MEMORY; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VISUAL MEMORY; BRAIN MAPPING; DISEASE COURSE; FRONTAL LOBE; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE NET; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PROSOPAGNOSIA;

EID: 84902142337     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 19738102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2012.09.010     Document Type: Article

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