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Failure to manipulate objects secondary to active touch disturbance.

N Motomura1, A Yamadori, H Asaba

  • 1Department of Neuropsychiatry, Osaka Medical College.

Cortex; a Journal Devoted to the Study of the Nervous System and Behavior
|September 1, 1990
PubMed
Summary
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A lesion in the postcentral gyrus caused motor clumsiness in the left hand. This difficulty manipulating objects stemmed from impaired active touch perception, not weakness.

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Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Neurology
  • Sensory-motor integration

Background:

  • Sensory-motor disturbances can arise from lesions in specific brain regions.
  • The postcentral gyrus plays a critical role in processing somatosensory information.