Neurobehavioral changes following bilateral infarct in the caudate nuclei: a case report with pathological analysis.
A patient presenting with loss of psychic self activation (LPSA) was studied clinically and at autopsy. Clinically, the patient showed changes that can be ascribed to the interruption of frontal-subcortical circuits. Pathological analysis revealed bilateral lesions of the caudate nuclei. This case extends others based on radiological findings and confirms the importance of the caudate nuclei in behavioral functions.
Rodier
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Service des Maladies du Système Nerveux et du Muscle, CHU, Strasbourg, France.
Tranchant
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C
Mohr
M
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Warter
J M
JM
D000368:Aged; D001519:Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002421:Caudate Nucleus / Q000473:pathology*; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology*; D004532:Ego; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009420:Nervous System / Q000503:physiopathology*; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed