Connectivity-based parcellation of the thalamus explains specific cognitive and behavioural symptoms in patients with bilateral thalamic infarct.

A novel approach based on diffusion tractography was used here to characterise the cortico-thalamic connectivity in two patients, both presenting with an isolated bilateral infarct in the thalamus, but exhibiting partially different cognitive and behavioural profiles. Both patients (G.P. and R.F.) h...

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Main Authors: Laura Serra, Mara Cercignani, Giovanni A Carlesimo, Lucia Fadda, Nadia Tini, Giovanni Giulietti, Carlo Caltagirone, Marco Bozzali
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3670907?pdf=render