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Published	04/16/2024	Damage to the {{c1::motor cortex}} which is in the {{c2::frontal lobe}} results in {{c3::UMN}} symptoms such as {{c4::weakness, hyperreflexia, and spa…
Published	04/16/2024	As you go {{c1::medially}} to {{c1::laterally,}} the motor homunculus moves from {{c2::legs -> arm -> face}}
Published	04/16/2024	The function of the {{c1::supplementary motor area}} is {{c2::motor planning, program generation}} and varied symptoms with lesions include {{c3::negl…
Published	04/16/2024	What does the anterior premotor cortex control?
Published	04/16/2024	{{c2::Stroke}}: gaze deviation {{c1::towards}} lesion{{c2::Seizure}}: gaze deviation {{c1::away}} from lesion
Published	04/16/2024	Function of the dorsolateral portion of the prefrontal lobe
Published	04/16/2024	Function of the ventrolateral portion of the prefrontal lobe
Published	04/16/2024	Function of the Orbitofrontal section of the frontal lobe
Published	04/16/2024	{{c1::Broca's aphasia}} is an {{c2::expressive}} aphasia that presents as {{c3::impaired fluency and agrammatism}}, and in the non-dominant hemisphere…
Published	04/16/2024	What is the function of the parietal lobe?
Published	04/16/2024	{{c2::Apraxia}} is caused by {{c3::parietal}} lobe dysfunction and presents as {{c4::impaired motor planning + execution}} and {{c5::difficulty with p…
Published	04/16/2024	What are classic Parietal Lesion Symptoms?
Published	04/16/2024	{{c1::Agnosia}} is difficulty {{c2::interpreting information}} despite {{c2::intact senses}} and can be {{c3::visual, auditory, and tactile::types}}.&…
Published	04/16/2024	What is the function of the temporal lobe?
Published	04/16/2024	{{c1::Alzheimer’s disease}} is a neurodegenerative disease with progressive, multi-domain cognitive changes that affects {{c2::memory encoding}} and p…
Published	04/16/2024	The {{c1::Anterior Temporal Lobe}} controls {{c2::Semantic Memory}} and is involved in {{c3::frontotemporal dementia}} and {{c4::semantic va…
Published	04/16/2024	What is the function of the occipital lobe?
Published	04/16/2024	Function of the Dorsal Visual Stream
Published	04/16/2024	Function of the Ventral Visual Stream
Published	04/16/2024	{{c2::Anton syndrome}} is {{c1::Cortical blindness with anosognosia}}
Published	04/16/2024	{{c1::Statokinetic dissociation}} is the {{c2::ability to perceive objects only in motion}}
Published	04/16/2024	Balint syndrome is a combination of {{c1::Simultagnosia, Optic ataxia, and Ocular apraxia::three things}}
Published	04/16/2024	{{c2::Charles Bonnet syndrome}} refers to the {{c1::visual hallucinations caused by the brain's adjustment to significant vision loss}}
Published	04/16/2024	Presentation of encephalopathy
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