title: Motor neglect following left thalamic hemorrhage: a case report.
abstract: We present a report on a patient who developed unilateral motor neglect of the right hemibody after a left thalamic hemorrhage. He presented with pure motor neglect without aphasia, ideomotor apraxia, or unilateral spatial neglect due to a lesion in the centromedian parafascicular (CMPF) and ventrolateral (VL) nuclei of the left thalamus. Although unilateral motor neglect is usually associated with right hemispheric lesions, a left thalamic lesion may also result in isolated motor neglect.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Okayama University Medical School, Okayama, Japan. manabe@cc.okayama-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Manabe
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kashihara
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ota
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shohmori
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Abe
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009069:Movement Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D010291:Paresis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D013786:Thalamic Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013787:Thalamic Nuclei / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed