Mariagrazia Ranzini, Giulio Ferrazzi, Daniela D'Imperio, Andreina Giustiniani, Laura Danesin, Valentina D'Antonio, Elena Rigon, Luisa Cacciante, Jessica Rigon, Francesca Meneghello, Andrea Turolla, Antonino Vallesi, Carlo Semenza, Francesca Burgio
It has been suggested that Gerstmann's syndrome is the result of subcortical disconnection rather than emerging from damage of a multifunctional brain region within the parietal lobe. However, patterns of white matter tract disconnection following parietal damage have been barely investigated. This single case study allows characterising Gerstmann's syndrome in terms of disconnected networks. We report the case of a left parietal patient affected by Gerstmann's tetrad: agraphia, acalculia, left/right orientation problems, and finger agnosia...
June 27, 2023: Cortex; a Journal Devoted to the Study of the Nervous System and Behavior