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Catalepsy denotes a tendency to maintain postures. We prospectively looked for catalepsy in 216 acute stroke patients. We found five patients with cataleptic postures. They were seen on the nonparetic side in all cases. Other movement abnormalities seen in the catatonic syndrome were absent. CT
We describe the appearance of left hemineglect and striking cataleptic posturing, more prominent in left-sided extremities, in a patient without psychiatric illness. Neuroimaging demonstrated a large posterior right hemisphere infarct involving the parietal, occipital, and temporal lobes, the
We report a 57-year-old man with progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) showing acquired stuttering (AS) as an early symptom. He had noticed micrographia at age 48, and thereafter he began to suffer from progressive speech disturbance at age 49. Neurological examination at age 57 revealed prominent
Cerebral infarct (stroke) causes striatal damage with subsequent deterioration of sensorimotor and cognitive functions that may be mediated by the dopamine receptor system. In the present study, transient, focal ischemia was induced in Sprague-Dawley rats by middle cerebral artery occlusion.