Neural bases of imitation and pantomime in acute stroke patients: Distinct streams for praxis

Brain

Volumn 137, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2796-2810

  Hoeren, Markus ^a,b   Kümmerer, Dorothee ^a,b   Bormann, Tobias ^a,b   Beume, Lena ^a,b   Ludwig, Vera M ^a,b   Vry, Magnus Sebastian ^a,b   Mader, Irina ^a,b   Rijntjes, Michel ^a,b   Kaller, Christoph P ^a,b   Weiller, Cornelius ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apraxia; Imitation; Pantomime; Ventral stream; Voxel based lesion symptom mapping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APRAXIA; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; FINGER; GESTURE; HAND; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMITATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NERVE TRACT; PANTOMIME; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TOOL USE; VENTRAL STREAM; VERY ELDERLY; VOXEL-BASED LESION-SYMPTOM MAPPING;

APRAXIA; IMITATION; PANTOMIME; VENTRAL STREAM; VOXEL-BASED LESION-SYMPTOM MAPPING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APRAXIAS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; FINGERS; GESTURES; HAND; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; NEURAL PATHWAYS; POSTURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STROKE; TOOL USE BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84908388653     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awu203     Document Type: Article

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