title: [Continued physical capacity after head gunshot injury].
abstract: The human brain shows a very high density of functionally important structures. Even small lesions may therefore cause clinical symptoms. Penetrating gunshots to the head are presumed to cause immediate incapacitation by subsequent disturbance of cerebral functions. The authors discuss anatomical and functional principles of the terms action, capacity to act and incapacitation and report two illustrative cases with lack of incapacitation following gunshots to the head.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Neuropathologie, Universitätskrankenhauses Hamburg-Eppendorf.
authors.forename: Jakob
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Matschke
authors.forename: Frauke
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lohmann
authors.forename: Alf
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Giese
authors.forename: Dragana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Seifert
authors.forename: Klaus
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Püschel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000293:injuries / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010159:Palate / Q000293:injuries; D010296:Parietal Lobe / Q000293:injuries / Q000503:physiopathology; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology*; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000523:psychology; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000293:injuries / Q000503:physiopathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014705:Verbal Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology
vernacular_title: Erhaltene Handlungsfähigkeit nach Kopfschuss.