CENTRAL FACIAL WEAKNESS DUE TO MEDIAL MEDULLARY INFARCTION - THE COURSE OF FACIAL CORTICOBULBAR FIBERS

Authors
TERAO S TAKATSU S IZUMI M TAKAGI J MITSUMA T TAKAHASHI A TAKEDA A SOBUE G
Citation
S. Terao et al., CENTRAL FACIAL WEAKNESS DUE TO MEDIAL MEDULLARY INFARCTION - THE COURSE OF FACIAL CORTICOBULBAR FIBERS, Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 63(3), 1997, pp. 391-393
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry,"Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry → ACNP
ISSN journal
00223050
Volume
63
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
391 - 393
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3050(1997)63:3<391:CFWDTM>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
Two patients are reported with contralateral hemiparesis including a f ace of supranuclear type, caused by an infarct of the unilateral ventr omedial part of the upper medulla. Data from these patients support th e hypothesis that part of the corticobulbar fibres supplying the lower facial muscles descend ipsilaterally in the ventromedial part of the upper medulla and then, after decussation, ascend rostrally to the con tralateral facial nucleus.