Author(s): Kazuo Abe | Yutaka Uchida | Kiyoka Yamamoto
Journal: Neurology International
ISSN 2035-8385
Volume: 1;
Issue: 1;
Start page: e14;
Date: 2009;
Original page
Keywords: Neurology | Anosognosia | Hemiparesis | brainstem infarction
ABSTRACT
A woman had anosognosia for hemiplegia as a manifestation of brainstem infarction. She had no mental or neuropsychological disturbances, and had involvement of the brainstem in the frontal/parietal-subcortical circuits to the right cerebral hemisphere. Brainstem lesions that disrupt frontal/parietal-subcortical areas may affect anosognosia for hemiplegia.
Journal: Neurology International
ISSN 2035-8385
Volume: 1;
Issue: 1;
Start page: e14;
Date: 2009;
Original page
Keywords: Neurology | Anosognosia | Hemiparesis | brainstem infarction
ABSTRACT
A woman had anosognosia for hemiplegia as a manifestation of brainstem infarction. She had no mental or neuropsychological disturbances, and had involvement of the brainstem in the frontal/parietal-subcortical circuits to the right cerebral hemisphere. Brainstem lesions that disrupt frontal/parietal-subcortical areas may affect anosognosia for hemiplegia.
