Dysfunction of a structurally normal motor pathway in a brain injury patient as revealed by multimodal integrated techniques

Neurocase. 2006 Aug;12(4):232-5. doi: 10.1080/13554790600878879.

Abstract

We report on a patient with left hemiparesis and peripersonal neglect after post-traumatic left frontal hemorrhage, who underwent fMRI, TMS and TCD to identify the functional abnormalities that account for his neurological symptoms, in the absence of any detectable lesion affecting right motor areas.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Brain Injuries / pathology*
  • Brain Injuries / physiopathology*
  • Brain Mapping*
  • Efferent Pathways / pathology
  • Efferent Pathways / physiopathology
  • Functional Laterality
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Motor Cortex* / blood supply
  • Motor Cortex* / pathology
  • Motor Cortex* / physiopathology
  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation / methods
  • Ultrasonography, Doppler, Transcranial / methods