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Cortex Lesions 01

Topic: Anatomy

Created on Sunday, January 27 2008 by jdmiles

Last modified on Sunday, January 27 2008.

A well-intentioned but misguided surgeon hacks out portions of your right cerebral cortex, specifically, your posterior superior temporal sulcus and dorsolateral Frontal Cortex. You will now have which of the following deficits?

 
        A) Gerstmann syndrome
 
        B) Loss of prosody
 
        C) Left hemineglect
 
        D) Asomatognosia
 
        E) Dyslexia
 

 


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A) Gerstmann syndrome

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Gerstmann syndrome (a constellation of dysgraphia, dyscalculia, finger agnosia, and left-right confusion) is associated with lesions in the dominant hemisphere near the angular and supramarginal gyri. A lesion of the posterior superior temporal sulcus and dorsolateral Frontal Cortex would not produce Gerstmann syndrome.   (See References)

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B) loss of prosody

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Functional imaging studies have helped to identify regions involved in prosody. These areas include the posterior superior temporal sulcus and dorsolateral Frontal Cortex.  (See References)

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C) left hemineglect

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A lesion in the areas described would not result in hemineglect  (See References)

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D) asomatognosia

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A lesion in the areas described would not result in asomatognosia.  (See References)

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E) dyslexia

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A lesion in the areas described would not result in dyslexia.  (See References)

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References:

1. Wildgruber, D., Riecker, A., Hertrich, I., Erb, M., Grodd, W., Ethofer, T., and Ackermann, H. (2005). "Identification of emotional intonation evaluated by fMRI." Neuroimage, 24(4) 1233-41. (PMID:15670701)
2. Strelnikov, K.N., Vorobyev, V.A., Chernigovskaya, T.V., and Medvedev, S.V. (2006). "Prosodic clues to syntactic processing--a PET and ERP study." Neuroimage, 29(4) 1127-34. (PMID:16188459)
3. Vallar, G. (2007). "Spatial neglect, Balint-Homes' and Gerstmann's syndrome, and other spatial disorders." CNS Spectr, 12(7) 527-36. (PMID:17603404)
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Cortex Lesions 01
Question ID: 012708081
Question written by J. Douglas Miles, (C) 2006-2009, all rights reserved.
Created: 01/27/2008
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