Neuroanatomy of the nervous system, including recognition of the functionality of different areas of the brain
Lobar syndromes
| Lobe | Deficit |
|---|---|
| Frontal | Personality change, disinhibition or apathy, primitive reflexes (grasp, pout, palmomental), expressive (Broca) dysphasia (dominant), contralateral hemiparesis, gaze deviation toward the lesion, gait apraxia, urinary incontinence, anosmia, reduced verbal fluency |
| Temporal | Receptive (Wernicke) dysphasia (dominant), superior quadrantanopia ("pie in the sky"), memory impairment, complex partial seizures, auditory/olfactory hallucinations |
| Parietal | Cortical sensory loss, neglect and extinction (non-dominant), Gerstmann syndrome (dominant), inferior quadrantanopia ("pie on the floor"), apraxia, astereognosis, agraphaesthesia |
| Occipital | Homonymous hemianopia with macular sparing, cortical blindness (Anton syndrome - denies blindness), visual agnosia, alexia without agraphia |
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