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Published on: March 10, 2021
Right hemispatial neglect: frequency and characterization following acute left hemisphere stroke
Jonathan T Kleinman1, Melissa Newhart, Cameron Davis
1Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, 600 North Wolfe Street, Phipps 126, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
Abstract:
The frequency of various types of unilateral spatial neglect and associated areas of neural dysfunction after left hemisphere stroke are not well characterized. Unilateral spatial neglect (USN) in distinct spatial reference frames have been identified after acute right, but not left hemisphere stroke. We studied 47 consecutive right handed patients within 48h of left hemisphere stroke to determine the frequency and distribution of types of right USN using cognitive testing and MRI imaging. The distribution of USN types was different from the previously reported distribution following acute right hemisphere stroke. In this left hemisphere stroke population, allocentric neglect was more frequent than egocentric neglect.
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