Bilateral sensory neglect following midsagittal reticular formation lesions in cats.
We have observed that midsagittal reticular formation lesions in cats produce bilateral deficits in attention to and localization of various sensory modalities. To correlate these changes with previously reported changes following lesions in other areas of the brain, we propose the existence of two interdependent inhibitory pathways which originate in the frontal lobes.
D000818:Animals; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology; D001307:Auditory Perception / Q000502:physiology; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000502:physiology*; D002415:Cats; D005260:Female; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000502:physiology; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D008959:Models, Neurological; D009433:Neural Inhibition; D009434:Neural Pathways; D009833:Olfactory Pathways / Q000502:physiology; D009949:Orientation / Q000502:physiology; D012154:Reticular Formation / Q000502:physiology*; D012677:Sensation / Q000502:physiology*; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology