Cortex
Volume 46, Issue 7 , Pages 869-879 , July 2010

Cognitive and affective disturbances following focal cerebellar damage in adults: A neuropsychological and SPECT study

  • Hanne Baillieux

      Affiliations

    • Department of Linguistics, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
    • ,
  • Hyo Jung De Smet

      Affiliations

    • Department of Linguistics, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
    • ,
  • André Dobbeleir

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, ZNA-AZ Middelheim, Antwerp, Belgium
    • Universitair Ziekenhuis Gent, Belgium
    • ,
  • Philippe F. Paquier

      Affiliations

    • Department of Linguistics, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
    • Department of Neurology, Hôpital Universitaire Erasme ULB, Brussels, Belgium
    • Unit of Neurosciences, Universiteit Antwerpen, Belgium
    • ,
  • Peter P. De Deyn

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, ZNA-AZ Middelheim, Antwerp, Belgium
    • Laboratory of Neurochemistry and Behaviour, Institute Born-Bunge, Universiteit Antwerpen, Belgium
    • ,
  • Peter Mariën

      Affiliations

    • Department of Linguistics, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
    • Department of Neurology, ZNA-AZ Middelheim, Antwerp, Belgium
    • Laboratory of Neurochemistry and Behaviour, Institute Born-Bunge, Universiteit Antwerpen, Belgium
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. ZNA – Middelheim, Department of Neurology, Lindendreef 1, B-2020 Antwerp, Belgium.

Received 10 November 2008 ,Revised 3 September 2009 ,Accepted 11 September 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2009.09.002

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