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brain lesions
FirstAid 2010
12
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Professional
03/24/2011

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Term
amygdala
Definition
Kluver Bucy syndrome
Term
frontal lobe
Definition
disinhibition, reemergence of primitive reflexes
Term
right parietal lobe
Definition
spatial neglect syndrome
Term
reticular activating system
Definition
reduced levels of arousal
Term
mammillary bodies
Definition
Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome
Term
basal ganglia
Definition
tremor at rest, chorea
Term
cerebellar hemisphere
Definition
fall toward side of lesion, intention tremor
Term
cerebellar vermis
Definition
truncal ataxia, dysarthria
Term
subthalamic nucleus
Definition
contralateral hemiballismus
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hippocampus
Definition
anterograde amnesia (can't make new memories)
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PPRF (Paramedian Pontine Reticular Formation)
Definition
eyes look away from side of lesion
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frontal eye fields
Definition
eyes look toward lesion
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