Is There a Place for Ipsilesional Eye Patching in Neglect Rehabilitation? | Zendy

Nachum Soroker | Zendy; Tamar Cohen | Zendy; C. Baratz | Zendy; Joseph Glicksohn | Zendy; M. Myslobodsky | Zendy

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Is There a Place for Ipsilesional Eye Patching in Neglect Rehabilitation?

Author(s) -

Nachum Soroker,

Tamar Cohen,

C. Baratz,

Joseph Glicksohn,

M. Myslobodsky

Publication year - 1994

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 - 10.1155/1994/716286

Subject(s) - neglect , superior colliculus , psychology , unilateral neglect , hemispatial neglect , neuroscience , eye movement , rehabilitation , lesion , physical medicine and rehabilitation , audiology , cognitive psychology , medicine , psychiatry

Neglect behavior of experimental animals with unilateral posterior cortical lesions improves with the placement of a second lesion in the contralesional superior colliculus or in the intercollicular commissure. Given that the retinotectal fibers are mainly crossed, it has been speculated that ipsilesional eye patching, by depriving the contralesional superior colliculus of its main facilitatory visual input, might achieve similar results, and thus be used as a remediation maneuver in patients with neglect. From six patients with severe persistent neglect, only one showed an unequivocal beneficial effect from ipsilesional eye patching. We discuss the factors which possibly underlie success and failure with this procedure, and the place for it in neglect rehabilitation.

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