OPPOSED LEFT AND RIGHT NEOCORTICAL INVOLVEMENT IN THE IMMUNE-RESPONSEINDEXED BY CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENTS IN HUMANS - PRELIMINARY-RESULTS

This is the first human neocortical study revealing left. and right he mispheric influence on hematological and immunological parameters. Cer ebrovascular accident (CVA) male patients were selected with doppler u ltrasound and tomodensitometry without infusion. Left stroke caused a disturbance of the ratios of lymphocytes, monocytes and granulocytes t o whole blood leukocytes. Moreover, a crossed double dissociation occu rred between left and right CVA groups at the level of the percentage of T and B lymphocytes. Finally, left stroke significantly reduced the proliferation of T lymphocytes stimulated with the mitogen phytohemag glutinin, but right stroke patients were not affected.