The enigma of Bálint's syndrome: neural substrates and cognitive deficits

Affiliations

Magdalena Chechlacz et al. Front Hum Neurosci. 2014.

. 2014 Mar 7:8:123.

doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2014.00123. eCollection 2014.

No abstract available

Keywords: Bálint's syndrome; ocular apraxia; optic ataxia; posterior cortical atrophy; simultanagnosia.

References

1. Auerbach S. H., Alexander M. P. (1981). Pure agraphia and unilateral optic ataxia associated with a left superior parietal lobule lesion. J. Neurol. Neurosurg. Psychiatry 44, 430–432 10.1136/jnnp.44.5.430 - DOI - PMC - PubMed
1. Bálint R. (1909). Seelenlähmung des “Schauens,”optische Ataxie, räumliche Störung der Aufmerksamkeit. Monatschr. Psychiat. Neurol. 25, 51–81
1. Benson D. F., Davis R. J., Snyder B. D. (1988). Posterior cortical atrophy. Arch. Neurol. 45, 789–793 10.1001/archneur.1988.00520310107024 - DOI - PubMed
1. Borchers S., Muller L., Synofzik M., Himmelbach M. (2013). Guidelines and quality measures for the diagnosis of optic ataxia. Front. Hum. Neurosci. 7:324 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00324 - DOI - PMC - PubMed
1. Cavina-Pratesi C., Connolly J. D., Milner A. D. (2013). Optic ataxia as a model to investigate the role of the posterior parietal cortex in visually guided action: evidence from studies of patient M.H. Front. Hum. Neurosci. 7:336 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00336 - DOI - PMC - PubMed