Cortex
Volume 44, Issue 8 , Pages 983-995 , September 2008

White matter (dis)connections and gray matter (dys)functions in visual neglect: Gaining insights into the brain networks of spatial awareness

  • Fabrizio Doricchi

      Affiliations

    • Dipartimento di Psicologia 39, Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
    • Centro Ricerche di Neuropsicologia, Fondazione Santa Lucia - IRCCS, Via Ardeatina 306-00179 Rome, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Centro Ricerche di Neuropsicologia, Fondazione Santa Lucia – IRCCS, Via Ardeatina 306-00179 Rome, Italy.
    • ,
  • Michel Thiebaut de Schotten

      Affiliations

    • INSERM UMR_S 610, IFR 70, Pavillon Claude Bernard, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, 47 bd de l'Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France
    • Fédération de Neurologie, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, AP-HP, Paris, France
    • ,
  • Francesco Tomaiuolo

      Affiliations

    • Auxilium Vitae, Volterra – Pisa, Italy
    • ,
  • Paolo Bartolomeo

      Affiliations

    • INSERM UMR_S 610, IFR 70, Pavillon Claude Bernard, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, 47 bd de l'Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France
    • Univ Paris 06; Fédération de Neurologie, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, AP-HP, Paris, France
    • Fédération de Neurologie, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, AP-HP, Paris, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. INSERM-UPMC UMR S 610, Pavillon Claude Bernard, Hôpital Salpêtrière, 47 bd de l'Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France.

Received 26 June 2007 ,Revised 6 March 2008 ,Accepted 8 March 2008.

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