Apraxia in deep cerebral lesions.
In a series of 50 patients with cerebrovascular lesions (demonstrated with CT scan), seven patients had lesions located in the basal ganglia and/or thalamus. All these seven patients were apractic. Ideomotor apraxia was present in all patients; five also had constructional apraxia, and one had bucco-facial apraxia. None of the patients had utilisation apraxia. These observations indicated that apraxia is not only a "high cerebral (cortical) function", but may depend also on the integrity of subcortical circuits and structures.
D000328:Adult; D001072:Apraxias / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001480:Basal Ganglia Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013786:Thalamic Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis