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Cortical Lesion

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  • Loss of tactile sensibility on 1 side of body or face, trunk, upper extremity & cortical sensory loss.
  • Failure to identify obj through touch or identify letter or word written on skin surface
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Subcortical Lesion

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  • Diminution or loss of pain & temp equally for face, arms & legs.
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Basal Ganglia Lesion

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Emergence of involuntary movements

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Central Gray Spinal Lesion

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Bilateral loss of pain & temp sensation with preserved sense of touch in same limbs (usually 2 upper limbs)

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Visual Pathway Lesion

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  • Blindness in one eye suggests an optic nerve lesion
  • One eye doesn’t see laterally
  • Failure to comprehend written word (visual agnosia, alexia)
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Complete Spinal Cord Lesion

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Paralysis & Sensory loss bilaterally below lesion level