| Apraxia of tool use: an autopsy case of biparietal infarction. | |
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PMID: 12464718 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Although disorders in the use of single objects have been reported, there have been few detailed analyses. We describe the autopsy case of a 65-year-old, right-handed male patient with severe impairment of actual tool use which was caused by biparietal infarctions. He persistently and stably showed a severely defective use of actual objects, single or multiple, and relatively well-preserved pantomimes of object use and intransitive gestures. He did not have aphasia or dementia, and his ability for tool naming and function description was completely preserved. The author identified similar patterns of errors about a tool-action(-target) relationship both in single-object use and multiple-object use. Lesion analysis showed cortical infarcts mainly located in the bilateral inferior parietal lobules, extending into the temporal lobe on the right side. |
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Authors:
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Toshio Fukutake |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Case Reports; Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: European neurology Volume: 49 ISSN: 0014-3022 ISO Abbreviation: Eur. Neurol. Publication Date: 2003 |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2002-12-04 Completed Date: 2003-03-19 Revised Date: 2006-11-15 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0150760 Medline TA: Eur Neurol Country: Switzerland |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 45-52 Citation Subset: IM |
Copyright Information:
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Copyright 2003 S. Karger AG, Basel |
Affiliation:
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Department of Neurology, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan. fukutake@med.m.chiba-u.ac.jp |
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Aged Apraxia, Ideomotor / pathology* Apraxias / pathology* Atrophy Carotid Stenosis / pathology Cerebral Cortex / pathology Cerebral Infarction / pathology* Diagnostic Imaging Dominance, Cerebral / physiology* Functional Laterality / physiology Humans Male Necrosis Neuropsychological Tests Parietal Lobe / pathology* Temporal Lobe / pathology Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency / pathology |
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