A case of right alien hand syndrome coexisting with right-sided tactile extinction

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue MAR2016, 2016, Pages

  Schaefer, Michael ^a   Denke, Claudia ^b   Apostolova, Ivayla ^a   Heinze, Hans Jochen ^a   Galazky, Imke ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alien hand syndrome; Corticobasal degeneration; Tactile extinction; Touch; Vision

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEGENERATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FRONTOPARIETAL CORTEX; GAIT DISORDER; GERMANY; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; ILLUSION; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; MUSCLE REFLEX; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARKINSON DISEASE; POSTCENTRAL GYRUS; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; RIGHT ALIEN HAND SYNDROME; RIGHT SIDED TOUCH EXTINCTION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TACTILE STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREMOR; VERY ELDERLY;

EID: 84961707839     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2016.00105     Document Type: Article

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