title: A topodiagnostic investigation on body lateropulsion in medullary infarcts.
abstract: Body lateropulsion may occur without signs of vestibular dysfunction and vestibular nucleus involvement. The authors examined 10 such patients with three-dimensional brainstem mapping. Body lateropulsion without limb ataxia reflected an impairment of vestibulospinal postural control caused by a lesion of the descending lateral vestibulospinal tract, whereas body lateropulsion with limb ataxia was probably the consequence of impaired or absent proprioceptive information caused by a lesion of the ascending dorsal spino-cerebellar tract.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of Mainz, Langenbeckstr. 1, D-55101 Mainz, Germany. thoemke@neurologie.klinik.uni-mainz.de
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Thömke
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Marx
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Iannetti
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cruccu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fitzek
authors.forename: P P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Urban
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Stoeter
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dieterich
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Hopf
mesh_terms: D001259:Ataxia / Q000209:etiology*; D001931:Brain Mapping; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D038524:Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D006732:Horner Syndrome / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D014854:Lateral Medullary Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012678:Sensation Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D014715:Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology; D015837:Vestibular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis