PB10. Apraxic deficits in sub-acute right hemisphere stroke result from deficient allo-centric visuo-spatial processing

While visuo-spatial deficits are well characterized cognitive sequelae of right hemisphere (RH) stroke, apraxic deficits in RH stroke remain poorly understood. Likewise, very little is known about the association between apraxic and visuo-spatial deficits in RH stroke or about the putative common or differential pathophysiology underlying these deficits.Therefore, we examined the behavioral and lesion patterns of apraxic deficits (pantomime of object use and bucco-facial imitation) and visuo-spatial deficits (line bisection and letter cancellation tasks) in 50 sub-acute RH stroke patients.

Source: Clinical Neurophysiology - July 10, 2018 Category: Neuroscience Authors: S.D. Ubben, G.R. Fink, S. Kaesberg, E. Kalbe, J. Kessler, S. Vossel, P.H. Weiss Source Type: research