TY - JOUR
T1 - Left thalamic infarction and disturbance of verbal memory
T2 - A clinicoanatomical study with a new method of computed tomographc stereotaxic lesion localization
AU - Mori, Etsuro
AU - Yamadori, Atsushi
AU - Mitani, Yohko
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PY - 1986/12
Y1 - 1986/12
N2 - A 41‐year‐old right‐handed man developed disturbances of language and memory after a discrete thalamic infarction. Detailed neuropsychological assessment revealed deficits in verbal fluency, word finding, confrontation naming, and anterograde memory for verbal material. High‐resolution computed tomography with stereotaxic lesion localization permitted the determination of the thalamic nuclei involved in the infarction. We suggest that the patient's problem in language and verbal memory reflected a defect in memory processing for verbal material during registration, retention, and retrieval, and that this defect probably resulted from a left anterior thalamic lesion affecting the ventrolateral nucleus, centromedian‐parafascicular nuclei complex, internal medullary lamina, or mamillothalamic tract.
AB - A 41‐year‐old right‐handed man developed disturbances of language and memory after a discrete thalamic infarction. Detailed neuropsychological assessment revealed deficits in verbal fluency, word finding, confrontation naming, and anterograde memory for verbal material. High‐resolution computed tomography with stereotaxic lesion localization permitted the determination of the thalamic nuclei involved in the infarction. We suggest that the patient's problem in language and verbal memory reflected a defect in memory processing for verbal material during registration, retention, and retrieval, and that this defect probably resulted from a left anterior thalamic lesion affecting the ventrolateral nucleus, centromedian‐parafascicular nuclei complex, internal medullary lamina, or mamillothalamic tract.
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U2 - 10.1002/ana.410200604
DO - 10.1002/ana.410200604
M3 - Article
C2 - 3545050
AN - SCOPUS:0023000196
VL - 20
SP - 671
EP - 676
JO - Annals of Neurology
JF - Annals of Neurology
SN - 0364-5134
IS - 6
ER -