Visuospatial hemi-inattention following cerebellar/brain stem XXXX .

@entity1 @entity11126 @entity227 @entity548 @entity75 @entity2845 @entity76 @entity5487
Neglect is a unilateral lack of responsiveness to stimuli caused by @entity11126 , a unilateral representation deficit and/or a unilateral @entity2845 . It results most frequently from right-hemisphere @entity75 , particularly of the parietal lobe but also of the frontal cortex, the basal ganglia, the thalamus, and recently it has also been described after a @entity76 . We report a @entity1 with right-sided @entity548 of the posterior @entity5487 , who developed a left-sided @entity227 . She had no @entity227 , yet she had problems detecting left-sided targets in visual extinction. Furthermore, she was impaired in detecting complex motion on the left side and targets in a fixation offset paradigm. Reactions to left-sided targets in covert shifts of attention were slowed in the invalid condition. Her text reading was impaired as she could not always find the initial word of the next line. However, she was aware of her deficit. Her visuoconstructive ability was normal and she gave no indication of tactile or acoustic extinction. As the @entity76 was located in the right hemisphere and the inattention involved the left side of space, we suggest that the damage to the right brain stem led to a transient imbalance of the noradrenergic ascending activation system which may explain her hemi-inattention.
