Dominant limb motor impersistence associated with callosal disconnection

Neurology. 2007 Mar 13;68(11):862-4. doi: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000256821.35288.b0.

Abstract

Motor impersistence occurs more frequently after right than left hemispheric lesions. Following a callosal lesion, motor impersistence may thus occur more frequently in the right (dominant) than left limb. After an infarction involving the right medial frontal lobe and corpus callosum, a 66-year-old right-handed man demonstrated right limb motor impersistence on bedside evaluation, which was substantiated experimentally. Results demonstrated hemispatial effects with greater impersistence in the neglected (right) space.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Arm / pathology*
  • Arm / physiology
  • Cerebral Infarction / complications
  • Cerebral Infarction / pathology
  • Corpus Callosum / pathology*
  • Corpus Callosum / physiology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Paresis / etiology
  • Paresis / pathology*
  • Reaction Time / physiology