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cortical lesions
cortical lesions
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05/28/2008

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Term
Area 4, primary motor
Definition
contralateral localized weakness
Term
area 6, premotor
Definition
ideomotor apraxia - inability to carry out an action or motor sequence in response to a verbal command
Term
areas 6 and 8, supplementary motor
Definition
poor movement planning
Term
frontal eye field, area 8
Definition
inability to make voluntary saccadic eye movements toward contralateral side
paralysis of contralateral gaze
Term
areas 9, 10, 11, 46
Definition
apathy, abulia (lack of will), irresponsible
Term
orbitofrontal, area 11
Definition
lack of emotional control, upset by minor events
Term
Broca's area (44,45)
dominant
Definition
Broca's aphasia, loss of ability to speak language, name objects
Term
Broca's area, non-dominant
Definition
motor aprosodia
Term
areas 1,2,3 primary somatosensory gyrus
Definition
contralateral loss of sensation in the face and body
Term
areas 5, 7, 39, 40, parietal association
non-dominant
Definition
contralateral neglect of body and space
Term
Wernicke's area, areas 39, 40, 41, 22
dominant
Definition
difficulty in comprehending speech and language
Term
Wernicke's area, 39, 40
nondominant
Definition
sensory aprosodia
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areas 41, 42, primary auditory gyrus ( of Heschl)
Definition
difficulty in auditory localization, limited effects
Term
21, 20, 36, 37, complex association
Definition
short term memory deficits, visual, color agnosias
bilateral - prosopagnosia
Term
area 17, primary visual
Definition
scotomas, cortical blindness, contralateral hemianopias
Term
areas 18, 19, association visual cortex
Definition
loss of ability to recognize specific stimuli characteristics, visual agnosia
Term
areas 23, 24, cingulate gyrus
Definition
emotion, attention disorders
Term
hippocampus
Definition
memory deficits
Term
angular gyrus in areas 39, 40
Definition
Gerstmann's syndrome - R/L disorientation, acalculia, agraphia, finger agnosia
Term
superior longitudinal and arcuate fasciculi
Definition
long pauses in speech, difficulty reading aloud, inability to repeat spoken words
Term
corpus callosum, splenium
Definition
alexia without agraphia
Term
areas 5, 7, 39, 40, parietal association
dominant
Definition
constructional apraxia, tactile agnosia, agraphia, acalculia, Gerstmann's syndrome
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