Cortex
Volume 47, Issue 4 , Pages 460-472 , April 2011

Limb apraxia in corticobasal syndrome

  • Vessela Stamenova

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rehabilitation Science, University of Toronto, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. 217 Markland Cres, Nepean, ON, Canada K2G 5Z9.
    • ,
  • Eric A. Roy

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rehabilitation Science, University of Toronto, Canada
    • Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Canada
    • Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo, Canada
    • Heart and Stroke Foundation Centre for Stroke Recovery (HSFCSR), Department of Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Canada
    • ,
  • Sandra E. Black

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rehabilitation Science, University of Toronto, Canada
    • Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Canada
    • Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo, Canada
    • Heart and Stroke Foundation Centre for Stroke Recovery (HSFCSR), Department of Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Canada
    • Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada

Received 29 July 2009 ,Revised 31 March 2010 ,Accepted 29 April 2010.

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☆ Study carried out at: Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, a University of Toronto affiliated hospital.

PII: S0010-9452(10)00146-2

doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2010.04.010

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Volume 47, Issue 4 , Pages 460-472 , April 2011

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