Search research articles

ABOUT JoVE

Overview Leadership Blog JoVE Help Center

AUTHORS

Publishing Process Editorial Board Scope & Policies Peer Review FAQ Submit

LIBRARIANS

Testimonials Subscriptions Access Resources Library Advisory Board FAQ

RESEARCH

JoVE Journal Methods Collections JoVE Encyclopedia of Experiments Archive

EDUCATION

JoVE Core JoVE Business JoVE Science Education JoVE Lab Manual Faculty Resource Center Faculty Site

Terms & Conditions of Use

Search research articles

Related Experiment Videos

Cerebral dominance for consciousness

M L Albert, R Silverberg, A Reches

Archives of Neurology

|June 1, 1976

Summary

This summary is machine-generated.

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by

Same author

New insights regarding origin of monosomy occurrence in early developing embryos as demonstrated in preimplantation genetic testing.

Molecular cytogenetics·2022

Same author

Exome sequencing as first-tier test for fetuses with severe central nervous system structural anomalies.

Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology·2022

Same author

Efficacy of chemotherapy and atezolizumab in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer receiving antibiotics and proton pump inhibitors: pooled post hoc analyses of the OAK and POPLAR trials.

Annals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology·2020

Same author

A religiously-tailored, multilevel intervention in African American churches to increase HIV testing: Rationale and design of the Taking It to the Pews cluster randomized trial.

Contemporary clinical trials·2019

Same author

From phenotyping to genotyping - bioinformatics for the busy clinician.

European journal of medical genetics·2019

Same author

Lymphocytes are a major source of circulating soluble dipeptidyl peptidase 4.

Clinical and experimental immunology·2018

Patients with acute cerebrovascular injury impacting the left hemisphere were more likely to experience impaired consciousness. This prospective study highlights the link between lesion location and consciousness levels in stroke patients.

Area of Science:

Neurology
Neuroscience
Clinical Medicine

Background:

Acute cerebrovascular injury, commonly known as stroke, can lead to diverse neurological deficits.
Level of consciousness is a critical indicator of neurological function and patient prognosis.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the association between the hemispheric side of a lesion and the initial level of consciousness in patients with acute cerebrovascular injury.
To determine if left or right hemispheric lesions have a differential impact on consciousness.

Main Methods:

A prospective study design was employed.
Data on the hemispheric side of the lesion (left or right) and the initial level of consciousness were collected from patients diagnosed with acute cerebrovascular injury.

Related Experiment Videos

Main Results:

A higher proportion of patients with left hemispheric lesions (57%) presented with initial impairment of consciousness compared to those with right-sided damage (25%).
This indicates a significant difference in the impact on consciousness based on the affected hemisphere.

Conclusions:

The side of the brain affected by acute cerebrovascular injury plays a role in the initial level of consciousness.
Left hemispheric lesions appear to be more strongly associated with impaired consciousness than right-sided lesions in the acute phase.