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Neglect.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  8038582     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Neglect is a disorder of orienting in which patients are unaware of objects in their contralesional visual field. Yet their pre-attentive vision is still able to parse the scene to segregate figure from ground, group objects, and to define their primary axis. Therefore, it appears that perceptual processing may be intact up to the level of semantic classification, and that neglect only acts at the level of selection for action and access to awareness. Several mechanisms contribute to neglect, including disinhibited orienting to the ipsilesional field, a deranged representation of space, and deficits in disengaging attention, oculomotor corollary discharge, and representation of contralesional movement trajectories. Recent studies have begun to identify the neural substrates involved in these mechanisms.
Authors:
R D Rafal
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.; Review    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Current opinion in neurobiology     Volume:  4     ISSN:  0959-4388     ISO Abbreviation:  Curr. Opin. Neurobiol.     Publication Date:  1994 Apr 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1994-08-23     Completed Date:  1994-08-23     Revised Date:  2007-11-14    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9111376     Medline TA:  Curr Opin Neurobiol     Country:  ENGLAND    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  231-6     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, University of California (Davis), Martinez 94553.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Attention / physiology*
Brain Diseases / physiopathology
Humans
Syndrome
Visual Cortex*
Visual Fields
Visual Perception / physiology
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
R01 MH41544/MH/NIMH NIH HHS

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