Motor Disturbances after Cortical Lesions of the Human Brain

  • H.-J. Freund
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Abstract

Damage of different parts of the sensory-motor cortex in humans affects different aspects of motor function ranging from paresis as the most common and elementary motor dysfunction to the more complex motor disturbances such as motor neglect or the apraxias. Fig. 1 shows those areas where lesions are known to cause motor deficits. As illustrated, the ‘motor deficit field’ comprises not only the frontal motor areas, but also the whole parietal cortex.

Keywords

Supplementary Motor Area Premotor Cortex Precentral Gyrus Bimanual Coordination Motor Disturbance 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • H.-J. Freund
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  1. 1.Department of NeurologyHeinrich-Heine-University DuesseldorfDuesseldorfGermany

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