Left frontalEpilepsyOccipital lobeSeizures originating inParietal lobesTemporal lobesLesionMedial tempBasal gangliaFrontotemporal dementiaTumorInsularDisorderCortexCorticalGyrusBvFTDImpairmentCerebellumDifferentialLesionsVerbal fluencyDorsolateralCerebralAffectsFocalDisordersSymptomsStrokeFunctionalEdemaCognitive functionBrainPatternsPatientsOnsetMovementsOccurLossNeuralRegionsPhysicalComplexAreasTypeMotivationFacialPresentLackShow
Left frontal7
- The left frontal operculum region of the prefrontal cortex, or Broca's area, is responsible for expressive language, i.e. language production. (wikipedia.org)
- Hama S, Yamashita H, Shigenobu M, Watanabe A, Kurisu K, Yamawaki S. Post-stroke affective or apathetic depression and lesion location: left frontal lobe and bilateral basal ganglia. (medscape.com)
- There is also a left frontal lobe nodule with similar characteristics. (radiopaedia.org)
- Again demonstrated a similar lesion in the left frontal lobe parenchyma. (radiopaedia.org)
- Brain CT revealed a nonspecific hypodense lesion of the left frontal lobe (Fig 1). (eurorad.org)
- Brain MRI showed two lesions located on the left cerebellar peduncle (Fig 2A) and on the left frontal lobe (Fig 2B). (eurorad.org)
- In addition, sections of deep develop visceral, ocular, and neural only previously reported case of B. white matter from the left frontal lobe larva migrans (NLM) ( 1 , 3 ). (cdc.gov)
Epilepsy11
- Frontal lobe epilepsy is characterized by recurrent seizures arising from the frontal lobes. (medscape.com)
- Familial temporal lobe epilepsy: a common disorder identified in twins. (medscape.com)
- Early surgical therapy for drug-resistant temporal lobe epilepsy: a randomized trial. (medscape.com)
- Seizure outcome after temporal lobectomy for temporal lobe epilepsy: a Kaplan-Meier survival analysis. (medscape.com)
- Trans-middle temporal gyrus selective amygdalohippocampectomy for medically intractable mesial temporal lobe epilepsy in adults: Seizure response rates, complications, and neuropsychological outcomes. (medscape.com)
- Autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy (ADNFLE) is an uncommon form of epilepsy that runs in families. (medlineplus.gov)
- The frontal lobe epilepsy subgroup demonstrated more areas with reduced nodal efficiency and more impaired subnetworks than the temporal lobe epilepsy subgroup. (ajnr.org)
- Regional efficiency and subnetworks were more impaired in frontal lobe epilepsy than in temporal lobe epilepsy. (ajnr.org)
- Children with localization-related epilepsy, including those with frontal lobe epilepsy (FLE), have demonstrated abnormal resting-state functional connectivity in the default mode network and in other resting-state networks, such as attention, frontal, visual, auditory, and somatosensory networks. (ajnr.org)
- EEG characteristics of these specific electroclinical epilepsy syndromes are discussed in this article. (medscape.com)
- Roles of EEG in temporal lobe epilepsy and frontal lobe epilepsy, among others, are not addressed here. (medscape.com)
Occipital lobe1
- AD is characterized grossly by progressive atrophy and gliosis, first of the hippocampus and medial temporal lobe, followed by other association cortices (frontal and parietal lobes), and finally by primary motor or sensory cortex (occipital lobe). (medscape.com)
Seizures originating in1
- Time of day is an important characteristic for seizures originating in the frontal lobe, as the majority of these seizures occur between the hours of 2 am and noon. (medscape.com)
Parietal lobes1
- We also wanted to explore as much of the brain's anatomy as possible, from the major structures of the cerebral cortex - the outer layer of the brain responsible for higher processes - such as the frontal, temporal and parietal lobes (see diagram), to deeper-lying structures. (newscientist.com)
Temporal lobes2
- Unlike Alzheimer disease, which typically presents with impairment of recent memory associated with entorhinal cortex and hippocampal dysfunction, Pick disease typically affects the frontal and/or anterolateral temporal lobes. (medscape.com)
- Clinically, the deficit appears restricted to the frontal and/or temporal lobes. (medscape.com)
Lesion2
- MRI brain revealed a ring-enhancing lesion characteristic for brain abscess. (neurology.org)
- 2 Review of original scans revealed a faint hyperdense ring (figure, B), highlighting this pertinent radiologic finding and importance of considering abscess in patients with frontal lobe lesion, even in the absence of infectious findings. (neurology.org)
Medial temp3
- Second, because H.M. did as well as others his age at retaining a number or a visual image for a short time, the medial temporal lobe is not needed for immediate memory. (zurichhotelscentre.com)
- Thus, it eventually became evident that priming is an unconscious memory phenomenon and is entirely independent of the medial temporal lobe. (zurichhotelscentre.com)
- The possibility of analyzing the function of specific connections within the medial temporal lobe has been improved by the use of new genetic and physiological techniques, as well as neuroimaging techniques, which take advantage of the detailed neuroanatomical information now available about the connectivity of these regions. (zurichhotelscentre.com)
Basal ganglia3
- Current evidence suggests that the basal ganglia are organized into several structurally and functionally distinct 'circuits' that link cortex, basal ganglia and thalamus, with each circuit focused on a different portion of the frontal lobe. (nih.gov)
- In this review, Garrett Alexander and Michael Crutcher, using the basal ganglia 'motor' circuit as the principal example, discuss recent evidence indicating that a parallel functional architecture may also be characteristic of the organization within each individual circuit. (nih.gov)
- Catatonia is caused by neurochemical abnormalities including low GABA activity in the frontal cortex, low dopamine (D2) activity in the basal ganglia, high glutamate-N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA)-activity in the parietal cortex, or a combination of these. (mhaus.org)
Frontotemporal dementia2
- Frontal lobe impairment is also a feature of Alzheimer's disease, and frontotemporal dementia. (wikipedia.org)
- A pattern of decreased frontal lobe glucose utilization with preserved temporal-parietal glucose utilization would favor the diagnosis of a frontotemporal dementia. (medscape.com)
Tumor3
- The pathogenesis of frontal lobe disorders entails various pathologies, some are as follows: Foster Kennedy syndrome- It is caused due to tumor of frontal lobe and gives rise to ipsilateral optic atrophy and contralateral papilledema. (wikipedia.org)
- CT head showed a frontal mass with surrounding edema concerning for primary brain tumor, demyelination, metastases, or infection. (neurology.org)
- In addition, patients with sGBM were 10 years younger on average than those with pGBM, and exhibited clinical features of shorter overall survival and frontal lobe tumor location tendency. (oncotarget.com)
Insular2
- In the second patient, VBM revealed cortical atrophy with subtle frontal and insular volume loss. (bmj.com)
- Magnetic resonance imaging findings show the characteristic abnormalities of edema and/or abnormal enhancement in one or both temporal and frontal lobes, the insular cortex, and the angular gyrus. (orpha.net)
Disorder5
- Frontal lobe disorder, also frontal lobe syndrome, is an impairment of the frontal lobe of the brain due to disease or frontal lobe injury. (wikipedia.org)
- medical citation needed] The signs and symptoms of frontal lobe disorder can be indicated by dysexecutive syndrome which consists of a number of symptoms which tend to occur together. (wikipedia.org)
- Frontal disinhibition syndrome, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, Rett syndrome and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder It is produced from frontal lobe damage due to prenatal exposure to teratogens(like ethanol), head injuries, or tumors. (wikipedia.org)
- The diagnosis of frontal lobe disorder can be divided into the following three categories: Clinical history Frontal lobe disorders may be recognized through a sudden and dramatic change in a person's personality, for example with loss of social awareness, disinhibition, emotional instability, irritability or impulsiveness. (wikipedia.org)
- Here we review single gene disorders that have the potential to mimic multiple sclerosis, provide an overview of clinical and investigational characteristics of each disorder, and present guidelines for when clinicians should suspect an underlying heritable disorder that requires diagnostic confirmation in a patient with a definite or probable diagnosis of multiple sclerosis. (medscape.com)
Cortex1
- Frontal abulic syndrome Loss of initiative, creativity and curiosity Pervasive emotional apathy and blandness Akinetic mutism The frontal lobe contains the precentral gyrus and prefrontal cortex and, by some conventions, the orbitofrontal cortex. (wikipedia.org)
Cortical2
- To address the role of long-term and immediate preceding history in local and global cortical dynamics, we investigated cortical EEG recorded from both frontal and occipital regions during an undisturbed 24-h recording in mice. (ox.ac.uk)
- [ 7 ] can disproportionally affect the frontal and temporal cortical regions. (medscape.com)
Gyrus1
- Catatonic signs develop when aberrant signals from neurochemical abnormalities trigger a neural circuit that affects the medial gyrus of the orbital frontal lobe, the lateral gyrus, caudate nucleus, globus pallidus, and thalamus ( Box ). (mhaus.org)
BvFTD2
- The 18F-FDG-PET study was performed in 52 patients with suspected bvFTD who lacked characteristic structural neuroimaging results. (medscape.com)
- Such patients have mild neuropsychological and functional impairments, lack characteristic bvFTD brain atrophy and have thus been referred to as bvFTD 'phenocopies' or slowly progressive (bvFTD-SP). (bmj.com)
Impairment2
- Frontal lobe impairment can be detected by recognition of typical signs and symptoms, use of simple screening tests, and specialist neurological testing. (wikipedia.org)
- The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of time limits on clustering performance, and to study characteristics of semantic impairment related to clustering in PD. (e-csd.org)
Cerebellum2
- Concentrating on four regions-the cerebellum, amygdala, frontal lobe, and hypothalamus-we started by making paper brain hats, which gave each student a 3D model to refer to, and also set the tone that science does not always need to be serious. (edutopia.org)
- Students experienced deep learning as they held extended conversations debating whether they should run if they met a zombie with an intact frontal lobe or if the zombie had an intact cerebellum. (edutopia.org)
Differential2
- Definition and validation of clinical and video-polysomnographic criteria for the differential diagnosis between nocturnal frontal lobe seizures and parasomnias" - prot. (unibo.it)
- Several single gene disorders share clinical and radiologic characteristics with multiple sclerosis and have the potential to be overlooked in the differential diagnostic evaluation of both adult and paediatric patients with multiple sclerosis. (medscape.com)
Lesions1
- Listeria abscesses seem to have a characteristic multitubular appearance, also referred to as "tunnel-like" or "worm-like" lesions, mentioned in previous case reports (4, 10, 11). (eurorad.org)
Verbal fluency2
- Examination On mental state examination a person with frontal lobe damage may show speech problems, with reduced verbal fluency. (wikipedia.org)
- To better understand the characteristics of clustering, verbal fluency needs to be assessed both with and without time limits. (e-csd.org)
Dorsolateral1
- The dorsolateral part of the frontal lobe is concerned with planning, strategy formation, and other executive functions. (wikipedia.org)
Cerebral1
- Baylisascaris procyonis infection in the frontal cerebral lobe white matter. (cdc.gov)
Affects1
- For example, fronto-temporal dementia affects the frontal lobe and/or the temporal parts of the brain, which deal with behaviour, emotional responses (including judgement) and language skills. (scie.org.uk)
Focal2
- This may be associated with autonomic phenomena and anxiety similar to those observed in the simple partial (focal aware) phase of a temporal lobe seizure. (medscape.com)
- Frontal lobe complex partial seizures (focal impaired awareness seizures) have certain distinct characteristics. (medscape.com)
Disorders2
- Frontal lobe syndrome can be caused by a range of conditions including head trauma, tumours, neurodegenerative diseases, neurodevelopmental disorders, neurosurgery and cerebrovascular disease. (wikipedia.org)
- First described in 1892, with the defining pathologic characteristics first reported by Alois Alzheimer in 1911, Pick disease is now considered by some to be part of a complex of neurodegenerative disorders with similar or related histopathologic and clinical features. (medscape.com)
Symptoms1
- Each form of dementia has characteristic symptoms, as well as more general symptoms of dementia. (scie.org.uk)
Stroke2
- Cerebrovascular disease may cause a stroke in the frontal lobe. (wikipedia.org)
- Performance on the Frontal Assessment Battery is sensitive to frontal lobe damage in stroke patients. (medscape.com)
Functional1
- Our results support these predictions and provide a novel model for improvisation characterized by functional changes within a large-scale network that is anchored in the frontal lobe. (nature.com)
Edema1
- There may be marked temporal lobe edema and occasionally brainstem herniation. (orpha.net)
Cognitive function1
- The second objective was to assess the relationships between these two characteristics and the level of cognitive function among active, older adults. (lidsen.com)
Brain10
- The seizures associated with ADNFLE begin in areas of the brain called the frontal lobes . (medlineplus.gov)
- It is unclear why mutations in the CHRNA2 , CHRNA4 , and CHRNB2 genes cause seizures in the frontal lobes rather than elsewhere in the brain. (medlineplus.gov)
- Our frontal lobes are what we use for higher brain functions, such as planning and logical thinking. (freakonomics.com)
- The frontal lobe is the part of the brain that governs personality, decision making and motivation, his wife told the press, "All the characteristics that make James who he is. (tbilaw.com)
- We challenged the students to consider how a zombie virus would have to impact the brain to cause these characteristics. (edutopia.org)
- We challenged students to apply their learning and explain what characteristics a zombie might have if the virus only corrupted select parts of the brain. (edutopia.org)
- Adult Brain Frontal Lobe genomic DNA from a single donor was purchased from Banksia Scientific Company (Bulimba, Australia, cat no D1234035). (nih.gov)
- The purpose of our investigation was to establish normative references for the signal intensity characteristics and apparent diffusion coefficient values of the adult brain at high b values. (ajnr.org)
- The signal characteristics of adult brain at higher b values have not been reported. (ajnr.org)
- This investigation aimed to establish normative references for the signal intensity characteristics and trace ADC measurements of the adult brain with diffusion-weighted spin-echo echo-planar imaging at varying high b-value diffusion sensitivities. (ajnr.org)
Patterns1
- With the addition of tests at several new levels, namely 3000, 6000, and 8000 Hz, NHANES III data can be used directly to assess patterns of hearing loss characteristic of noise-induced hearing deficiency. (cdc.gov)
Patients3
- Global network (network strength, clustering coefficient, characteristic path length, global efficiency, and small-world parameters), regional network (nodal efficiency), and the network-based statistic were compared between patients and controls and correlated with intelligence quotient and clinical parameters. (ajnr.org)
- Patients showed disrupted global network connectivity relative to controls, including reduced network strength, increased characteristic path length and reduced global efficiency, and reduced nodal efficiency in the frontal, temporal, and occipital lobes. (ajnr.org)
- Connectivity in multiple subnetworks was reduced in patients, including the frontal-temporal, insula-temporal, temporal-temporal, frontal-occipital, and temporal-occipital lobes. (ajnr.org)
Onset1
- Long-term history and immediate preceding state affect EEG slow wave characteristics at NREM sleep onset in C57BL/6 mice. (ox.ac.uk)
Movements1
- If the back part of the frontal lobe (which controls voluntary movements) is damaged, weakness or paralysis can result. (msdmanuals.com)
Occur1
- The seizures characteristic of ADNFLE tend to occur in clusters, with each one lasting from a few seconds to a few minutes. (medlineplus.gov)
Loss2
- Generally, damage to the frontal lobes causes loss of the ability to solve problems and to plan and initiate actions, such as crossing the street or answering a complex question (sometimes called executive functions). (msdmanuals.com)
- Data on hearing levels from previous NHANES studies have been used by NCHS to estimate the prevalence of hearing loss by age and other characteristics and NCHS hearing data have been used to demonstrate that hearing levels are associated with employment in occupations with a potential for exposure to noise. (cdc.gov)
Neural1
- On this basis, in addition to its other characteristics, we expected the neural correlates of lyrical improvisation to include changes in prefrontal activity that might enable spontaneous creative activity through effects on systems that regulate attention, affect, language and motor control. (nature.com)
Regions1
- Interestingly, at the beginning of NREM sleep episodes slow waves in the frontal and occipital derivations frequently occurred in isolation, as quantified by longer latencies between consecutive slow waves in the two regions. (ox.ac.uk)
Physical1
- The first objective was to develop taxonomies for two physical activity characteristics of interest: the level of task complexity (motoric and cognitive) and the level of social engagement. (lidsen.com)
Complex1
- Overall these data reveal a complex picture, where both time of day and preceding state contribute to the characteristics and dynamics of slow waves within NREM sleep. (ox.ac.uk)
Areas1
- Status epilepticus may be associated more commonly with frontal lobe seizures than with seizures arising from other areas. (medscape.com)
Type1
- [ 1 ] A frontal lobe seizure is often the seizure type most difficult to diagnose as it can be easily mistaken for a parasomnia or nonepileptic event. (medscape.com)
Motivation1
- The frontal lobe plays a key role in executive functions such as motivation, planning, social behaviour, and speech production. (wikipedia.org)
Facial1
- Facial asymmetry in paitnets with temporal lobe epilepys. (medscape.com)
Present1
- Tumours such as meningiomas may present with a frontal lobe syndrome. (wikipedia.org)
Lack1
- Students next brainstormed characteristics of zombies: They move slowly, they're hungry, they lack coordination, etc. (edutopia.org)
Show1
- Neurological examination may show primitive reflexes (also known as frontal release signs) such as the grasp reflex. (wikipedia.org)