Pontine anosognosia for hemiplegia

Authors
Evyapan, D Kumral, E
Citation
D. Evyapan et E. Kumral, Pontine anosognosia for hemiplegia, NEUROLOGY, 53(3), 1999, pp. 647-649
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Neurology,"Neurosciences & Behavoir
Journal title
NEUROLOGY
ISSN journal
00283878 → ACNP
Volume
53
Issue
3
Year of publication
1999
Pages
647 - 649
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-3878(19990811)53:3<647:PAFH>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
Four patients had anosognosia for hemiplegia (AHP) as a manifestation of po ntine infarction in the mediolateral region. Patients with AHP syndrome had no mental and neuropsychologic disturbances, and all had involvement of th e medial or lateral part of the pens (medial or lateral pontine reticular n uclei). Brainstem lesions, which activate frontoparietosubcortical areas, m ay be a critical factor in the development of AHP syndrome.