Cortex
Volume 45, Issue 7 , Pages 850-862 , July 2009

Recovery from hemineglect: Differential neurobiological effects of optokinetic stimulation and alertness training

  • Markus Thimm

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Section Clinical Neuropsychology, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Germany
    • Institute of Neurosciences and Biophysics – Medicine, Research Centre Jülich, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Neurology, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Pauwelsstraße 30, D 52074 Aachen, Germany.
    • ,
  • Gereon R. Fink

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University Hospital Cologne, Germany
    • Institute of Neurosciences and Biophysics – Medicine, Research Centre Jülich, Germany
    • ,
  • Jutta Küst

      Affiliations

    • Neurological Rehabilitation Centre Godeshöhe, Bonn, Germany
    • ,
  • Hans Karbe

      Affiliations

    • Neurological Rehabilitation Centre Godeshöhe, Bonn, Germany
    • ,
  • Klaus Willmes

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Section Clinical Neuropsychology, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Germany
    • ,
  • Walter Sturm

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Section Clinical Neuropsychology, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Germany

Received 16 August 2007 ,Revised 8 May 2008 ,Accepted 10 October 2008.

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PII: S0010-9452(08)00268-2

doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2008.10.007

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