abstract：:According to Liepmann, patients with limb-kinetic apraxia (LKA) have a loss of upper limb deftness-dexterity. Prior studies have revealed in right-handed patients that, whereas injury of the left hemisphere induces an ipsilesional LKA, injury to the right hemisphere does not induce an ipsilesional LKA. There are at le...

journal_title：Neurocase

authors： Acosta LM,Bennett JA,Heilman KM

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 68-year-old man had a cerebral infarction affecting the right parietal lobe, right insula, and the left prefrontal region. On admission, left hand tactile extinction was noted when the hands were placed both in anatomical and crossed positions, but was noted only in crossed positions from day 20 and later. Five mont...

journal_title：Neurocase

authors： Asada T,Takeda K,Okiyama R,Isozaki E,Fukuyama H

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A hexanucleotide repeat expansion in the chromosome 9 open reading frame 72 (C9ORF72) gene was recently discovered as the cause underlying frontotemporal degeneration (FTD) and/or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) linked to chromosome 9 (c9FTD/ALS). In this atypical case of c9FTD/ALS, the proband presented with amne...

journal_title：Neurocase

authors： Adeli A,Savica R,Lowe VJ,Vemuri P,Knopman DS,Dejesus-Hernandez M,Rademakers R,Fields JA,Crum BA,Jack CR,Petersen RC,Boeve BF

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To further understand the nature of the visual-spatial representations required for successful acquisition of written language skills, we investigated the written language abilities of two individuals with Williams syndrome (WS) a developmental genetic disorder in which the presence of severe visual-spatial developmen...

journal_title：Neurocase

authors： Dessalegn B,Landau B,Rapp B

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical distinction between autism spectrum disorders (ASD), also called pervasive developmental disorders (PDD), and schizophrenia is often difficult to make. Here we describe a case of an adult patient presenting with a diagnosis of schizophrenia based on a history of functional deterioration and presumed perse...

journal_title：Neurocase

authors： Crivelli B,Rocca P

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Frontotemporal lobar degeneration with ubiquitin-positive inclusions (FTLD-U) is one of the most common pathological findings associated with the clinical FTLD syndromes. However, molecular characterization with genetic sequencing and protein expression techniques are recognizing many new subtypes for FTLDs. FTLDs are...

journal_title：Neurocase

authors： Farmer JG,Crain BJ,Harris BT,Turner RS

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is a common finding in tests of false recognition that amnesic patients recognize fewer related lures than healthy controls, and this has led to assumptions that gist memory is damaged in these patients (Schacter, Verfaellie, & Anes, 1997, Neuropsychology, 11; Schacter, Verfaellie, Anes, & Racine, 1998, Journal of ...

journal_title：Neurocase

authors： Nissan J,Abrahams S,Sala SD

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 57-year-old man suffered severe amnesia and disorientation, accompanied by content-specific confabulation, due to an alcoholic Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome. For months, he was deeply concerned about a single obligation that he thought he had to respond to, but which he had already assumed 20 years previously. This mo...

journal_title：Neurocase

authors： Schnider A,Nahum L,Pignat JM,Leemann B,Lövblad KO,Wissmeyer M,Ptak R

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vocal emblems, such as shh and brr, are speech sounds that have linguistic and nonlinguistic features; thus, it is unclear how they are processed in the brain. Five adult dextral individuals with left-brain damage and moderate-severe Wernicke's aphasia, five adult dextral individuals with right-brain damage, and five ...

journal_title：Neurocase

authors： Neumann-Werth Y,Levy ES,Obler LK

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker syndrome is a rare autosomal dominant disease caused by a mutation in the prion gene, usually manifesting as progressive ataxia with late cognitive decline. A 44-year-old woman with a positive family history developed early personality and behavior changes, followed by paresthesias and a...

journal_title：Neurocase

authors： Rusina R,Fiala J,Holada K,Matějčková M,Nováková J,Ampapa R,Koukolík F,Matěj R

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current study investigated the effects of easy versus difficult math on event-related potentials as a function of self-esteem in 28 undergraduate students. First, it was found that participants responded much more rapidly to an easy task. Second, the amplitude of P2 (150-300 ms) was more positive amplified in low ...

journal_title：Neurocase

authors： Yang J,Zhao R,Zhang Q,Pruessner JC

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 54-year-old art teacher, experienced a right putaminal hemorrhage, and thereafter suffered severe left hemiplegia and unilateral spatial neglect, and was transferred to the rehabilitation department of the University Hospital 1 month after the onset. Although the unilateral spatial neglect was improving, the patient...

journal_title：Neurocase

authors： Kondo M,Mori T,Makino K,Okazaki T,Hachisuka K

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case report is presented detailing the successful use of awake intraoperative memory testing while using white matter stimulation in order to isolate the fornix tracks involved in memory function. The identification of the white matter tracks of the fornix that were involved in memory function was used to tailor the...

journal_title：Neurocase

authors： Brandling-Bennett EM,Bookheimer SY,Horsfall JL,Moftakhar P,Sedrak M,Barkulis CT,Gertsch JH,MacDougall MG,Boucharel W,Nuwer MR,Bergsneider M

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The psychoses of epilepsy are well recognized complications of seizure disorders, diagnosed easily from the history. However, in the absence of recognized seizures, the diagnosis can be challenging. We present a 27-year-old female, who suffered a treatment refractory psychosis for 6 years. She did not report, or dis...

journal_title：Neurocase

authors： Needham E,Hamelijnck J

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Central pontine and extrapontine myelinolysis (CPEM) is a rare neurological condition usually due to rapid correction of hyponatremia. CPEM is mainly characterized by motor deficits (typically quadraparesis or extrapyramidal features) but neurobehavioral symptoms were also reported in the literature. However, very few...

journal_title：Neurocase

authors： Arciero S,Kempf C,Bernard F,Gosselin N

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reports the case of a patient, M.P., who developed delusion of inanimate doubles, without Capgras syndrome, after traumatic brain injury. His delusional symptoms were studied longitudinally and the cognitive impairments associated with delusion were investigated. Data suggest that M.P. did 'perceive' the ac...

journal_title：Neurocase

authors： Abbate C,Trimarchi PD,Salvi GP,Quarenghi AM,Vergani C,Luzzatti C

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the neural systems that support number processing in a patient (JL) who had damage to the left ventral occipito-temporal cortex (LvOT). JL had severely impaired written word recognition but he was remarkably accurate in number tasks, albeit slower than normal. This suggests LvOT activation is necessary...

journal_title：Neurocase

authors： Cappelletti M,Leff AP,Price CJ

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the subthalamic nucleus (STN) is an effective treatment for Parkinson's disease, but can lead to adverse effects including psychiatric disturbance. Little is known about the risk factors and treatment options for such effects. Here, we describe a patient who reproducibly developed stimu...

journal_title：Neurocase

authors： Schilbach L,Weiss PH,Kuhn J,Timmermann L,Klosterkötter J,Huff W

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent research revealed decreased access to semantic and associative networks in acute cocaine withdrawal. In autism, such behavioral outcomes are associated with decreased functional connectivity using functional magnetic resonance imaging. Therefore, we wished to determine whether connectivity is also decreased in ...

journal_title：Neurocase

authors： Narayanan A,White CA,Saklayen SS,Abduljalil A,Schmalbrock P,Pepper TH,Lander BN,Beversdorf DQ

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A current debate in the literature is whether all declarative memories and associated memory processes rely on the same neural substrate. Here, we show that H.C., a developmental amnesic person with selective bilateral hippocampal volume loss, has a mild deficit in personal episodic memory, and a more pronounced defic...

journal_title：Neurocase

authors： Rosenbaum RS,Carson N,Abraham N,Bowles B,Kwan D,Köhler S,Svoboda E,Levine B,Richards B

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A striking special ability in arranging picture stories was reported in an Asperger child (C.M.) showing an exceptional performance on Wechsler picture arrangement subtest. Neuropsychological examination did not disclose visuoperceptual and spatial defects, or working memory, attention and executive disorders, but rev...

journal_title：Neurocase

authors： Conson M,Salzano S,Grossi D

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Depression following stroke (PSD) affects up to 33% of patients and is associated with increased mortality. Antidepressant drugs have several side effects; therefore novel treatments are needed. Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) has induced mood and cognitive gain in several neuropsychiatric conditions bu...

journal_title：Neurocase

authors： Bueno VF,Brunoni AR,Boggio PS,Bensenor IM,Fregni F

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A deficit of declarative memory is a common sequela after a hypoxic episode. While the role of gray matter changes (i.e., atrophy of hippocampal formation) as mainly responsible for memory loss has been emphasized, the role of the white matter damage has so far been neglected. The present study was aimed at evaluating...

journal_title：Neurocase

authors： Di Paola M,Moscatelli A,Bigler ED,Caltagirone C,Carlesimo GA

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Individuals with posterior cortical atrophy (PCA) report a host of unusual and poorly explained visual disturbances. This preliminary report describes a single patient (CRO), and documents and investigates abnormally prolonged colour afterimages (concurrent and prolonged perception of colours complimentary to the colo...

journal_title：Neurocase

authors： Crutch SJ,Lehmann M,Gorgoraptis N,Kaski D,Ryan N,Husain M,Warrington EK

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neglect dyslexia is a reading disorder often associated with right-sided brain lesions. In reading single words, errors are mostly substitutions or omissions of letters that occupy the left-sided positions. Typically, these errors have been thought to depend on a single mechanism. Conversely, we propose that they are ...

journal_title：Neurocase

authors： Martelli M,Arduino LS,Daini R

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Opsoclonus myoclonus ataxia (OMA) is a rare neurological disorder (incidence = approximately 1/5 million) primarily associated with involuntary conjugate saccadic eye movements, involuntary muscle jerks, cerebellar ataxia, and neuropsychological impairments. Unfortunately, there is limited published data regarding the...

journal_title：Neurocase

authors： Smith ML,Thawani N,Johnstone B,Stucky R

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with memory disorders have severely restricted learning and memory. For instance, patients with anterograde amnesia can learn motor procedures and retain some restricted ability to learn new words and factual information. However, such learning is inflexible and frequently inaccessible to conscious awareness....

journal_title：Neurocase

authors： Olson IR,Berryhill ME,Drowos DB,Brown L,Chatterjee A

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) are often impaired when performing motor acts and in the acquisition of new motor skills. However, the role of dopamine in developing plans for skill acquisition is unclear. To assess the role of dopamine on the planning of actions, we tested 12 PD and 12 matched normal participa...

journal_title：Neurocase

authors： Hanna-Pladdy B,Heilman KM

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 51-year-old right-handed man developed hypersexuality after a second right temporal lobectomy to treat epilepsy. His hypersexuality started with increased marital intercourse and masturbation but he later downloaded child pornography. Hyperphagia and distractibility, other features of the Kluver-Bucy syndrome, also ...

journal_title：Neurocase

authors： Devinsky J,Sacks O,Devinsky O

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Neuropathologic change underlying primary progressive aphasia (PPA) most commonly includes one of the frontotemporal lobar degenerations, such as FTLD-tau or FTLD-ubiquitin. The next most frequent etiology of PPA is Alzheimer's disease (AD). We describe 5 subjects with clinical diagnoses of semantic dementia...

journal_title：Neurocase

authors： Chow TW,Varpetian A,Moss T,Vinters HV,Marquez S,Miller C

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subject PI demonstrated superior memory using a variant of a Method of Loci (MOL) technique to recite the first digits of the mathematical constant pi to more than 2(16) decimal places. We report preliminary behavioral, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), and brain volumetric data from PI. fMRI data collecte...

journal_title：Neurocase

authors： Raz A,Packard MG,Alexander GM,Buhle JT,Zhu H,Yu S,Peterson BS

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monocular patching might improve perceptual-attentional, not motor-intentional deficits in a patient with chronic post-stroke left spatial neglect. Performing a line-cancellation task, his omission errors were associated with a perceptual-attentional 'where' deficit, while perseverative errors were associated with 'ai...

journal_title：Neurocase

authors： Khurshid S,Longin H,Crucian GP,Barrett AM

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a 4-year-old child with severe semi-lobar holoprosencephaly (HPE) not expected to survive after birth. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed agenesis of the corpus callosum, absence of the third ventricle, fused thalami and basal ganglia. To investigate sensory function, visual, auditory and somatosensor...

journal_title：Neurocase

authors： Liasis A,Hildebrand D,Clark C,Katz X,Gunny R,Stieltjes B,Taylor D

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This case study describes the neurocognitive presentation of a child with identified genetic abnormalities of trisomy 6 and monosomy 21 who was evaluated as part of a standard medical protocol for cochlear implantation following diagnosis of profound sensorineural hearing loss. This child received neurocognitive testi...

journal_title：Neurocase

authors： Katzenstein JM,Oghalai JS,Tonini R,Baker D,Haymond J,Caudle SE

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A quantitative assessment of a distortion involving the left side of space, both in two-dimensional (drawing), and three-dimensional (modeling), visuo-constructional tasks is reported in a patient with a right temporoparieto-occipital lesion, and left hemianopia, without visuospatial neglect. In drawing and clay model...

journal_title：Neurocase

authors： Rode G,Revol P,Rossetti Y,Vallar G

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An investigation of non-verbal auditory comprehension in two patients with global aphasia following stroke is reported. The primary aim of the investigation was to establish whether refractory access disorders can affect non-verbal input modalities. All previous reports of refractoriness, a cognitive syndrome characte...

journal_title：Neurocase

authors： Crutch SJ,Warrington EK

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dissociative identity disorder (DID) is probably the most disputed of psychiatric diagnoses and of psychological forensic evaluations in the legal arena. The iatrogenic proponents assert that DID phenomena originate from psychotherapeutic treatment while traumagenic proponents state that DID develops after severe and ...

journal_title：Neurocase

authors： Reinders AA

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Creatine transporter deficit (CT1) is an inherited metabolic disorder that causes mental retardation, epilepsy, speech, language and behavioral deficits. Until now, no treatment has been proven to be successful for this condition. We describe 1-year follow-up study of a child, aged 9.6 years, with CT1 defect, on oral ...

journal_title：Neurocase

authors： Chilosi A,Leuzzi V,Battini R,Tosetti M,Ferretti G,Comparini A,Casarano M,Moretti E,Alessandri MG,Bianchi MC,Cioni G

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The noradrenergic system modulates performance on tasks dependent on semantic and associative network flexibility (NF) in individuals without neurodevelopmental diagnoses in experiments using a beta-adrenergic antagonist, propranolol. Some studies suggest drugs decreasing noradrenergic activity are beneficial in ASD. ...

journal_title：Neurocase

authors： Beversdorf DQ,Carpenter AL,Miller RF,Cios JS,Hillier A

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebral lesions are held to induce plastic changes of the brain. Less well established, however, is how much space-occupying brain lesions may only displace functional representations. In a 66-year-old man we show, by means of functional magnetic resonance imaging and transcranial magnetic stimulation, a profound dis...

journal_title：Neurocase

authors： Nickel J,Jörgens S,Bussfeld P,Seitz RJ

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00