title: [The functional heterogeneity of the human caudate nucleus].
abstract: Combined clinical-neuropsychological investigation of 26 patients with vascular malformations of caudate nucleus (CN) was performed both before and after surgical removal of the malformation. Arterial-venous malformations were located in the head (12 cases) of CN, in its corpus (9 patients), in both head and corpus (5 individuals). Verification of the malformation's location was carried out according to data of computer tomography, angiography, as well as during the operation. It was revealed that postoperative syndromes were closely related in patients with both the side of CN's alteration and with the region of the damage. The clear perseverative syndrome was observed when left CN, and especially its head was damaged. When the corpus of the left CN was damaged perseverations were slighter. Meanwhile faint alienation of the word's meaning as well as the slight alterations of evaluation of rhythm's estimation were observed in such cases. Disorders of the perception were observed mainly when the right CN and especially its corpus was damaged.
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Buklina
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002421:Caudate Nucleus / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006613:Higher Nervous Activity; D006801:Humans; D002538:Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D009484:Neuropsychology
vernacular_title: Funktsional'naia geterogennost' khvostatogo iadra cheloveka.