title: Visual hemineglect and hemihallucinations in a patient with a subcortical infarction.
abstract: An alcoholic patient with a mainly right subcortical infarction developed contralateral left-sided neglect and then, in the context of alcohol withdrawal, unilateral hallucinations in the non-neglected right hemispace. It is hypothesized that an interruption of the striatocortical pathways could prevent the right hemisphere from representing appropriately internally produced stimuli.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chamorro
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Sacco
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ciecierski
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Binder
authors.forename: T K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Tatemichi
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Mohr
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006212:Hallucinations / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology*