Cognitive neurology: stimulating research on neglect.
A recent brain stimulation study provides the first direct physiological evidence that attention deficits after right-hemisphere stroke arise in part from hyper-excitation of neural pathways in the undamaged left hemisphere.
O'Shea
Jacinta
J
Oxford Centre for Functional MRI of the Brain (FMRIB), John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK. jacinta.oshea@clneuro.ox.ac.uk
D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology*; D001921:Brain / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000473:pathology / Q000502:physiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D009462:Neurology; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D010468:Perceptual Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D020521:Stroke / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology*