Absence of Neurobehavioral Disturbance in a Focal Lesion of the Left Paracentral Lobule | Zendy

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Absence of Neurobehavioral Disturbance in a Focal Lesion of the Left Paracentral Lobule

Author(s) -

T. Imamura,

K. Tsuburaya

Publication year - 1992

Publication title -

behavioural neurology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.859

H-Index - 48

eISSN - 1875-8584

pISSN - 0953-4180

DOI - 10.1155/1992/643204

Subject(s) - sma* , aphasia , lesion , supplementary motor area , psychology , neuroscience , agraphia , physical medicine and rehabilitation , audiology , medicine , psychiatry , philosophy , functional magnetic resonance imaging , linguistics , mathematics , reading (process) , combinatorics , dyslexia

The case of a right-handed woman with an infarcation confined to the left paracentral lobule and sparing the supplementary motor area (SMA) is reported. She presented with a right leg monoplegia and displayed no mutism. The absence of any associated neurobehavioral disturbances (mutism, forced grasping, reduced spontaneous arm activity or aphasia raises the possibility that the left SMA has discrete neurobehavioral functions.

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