title: Stereotyped stepping associated with lesions in the bilateral medial frontoparietal cortices.
abstract: The location of higher locomotion centers in humans is not well defined. The authors describe stereotyped bipedal stepping movement in a patient with meningoencephalitis with necrotic lesions localized mainly in the bilateral medial frontoparietal cortices. The patient intermittently showed stereotyped stepping in the supine position during a stuporous state. The stereotyped stepping in this patient offers clinical evidence indicating the presence of a higher locomotion center in medial frontoparietal cortex.
authors.affiliation: Third Department of Medicine (Neurology), Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ikeda
mesh_terms: D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008578:Meninges / Q000473:pathology; D008590:Meningoencephalitis / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D019956:Stereotypic Movement Disorder / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D016683:Supine Position