[Continued physical capacity after head gunshot injury].
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.
Matschke
Jakob
J
Abteilung für Neuropathologie, Universitätskrankenhauses Hamburg-Eppendorf.
Lohmann
Frauke
F
Giese
Alf
A
Seifert
Dragana
D
Püschel
Klaus
K
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
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