Posterior thalamic hemorrhage induces "pusher syndrome".

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BACKGROUND: Recent findings argue for a pathway in humans for sensing the orientation of gravity and controlling upright body posture, separate from the one for orientation perception of the visual world. Stroke patients with contraversive pushing were shown to experience their body as oriented upright when actually tilted about 20 degrees to the ipsilesional side, in spite of normal visual-vestibular functioning. A recent study suggested the involvement of posterolateral thalamus typically ...

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Authors: Karnath, H; Johannsen, L; Broetz, D; Küker, W

• Journal: Neurology
• Volume: 64
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 1014-1019
• Publication date: 2005-03-01
• DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000154527.72841.4a
• EISSN: 1526-632X
• ISSN: 0028-3878
• Language: English
• Keywords: Posterior Thalamic Nuclei; Postural Balance; Prospective Studies; Middle Aged; Orientation; Aged; Arm; Humans; Neural Pathways; Movement Disorders; Intracranial Hemorrhages; Male; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Thalamic Diseases; Leg; Brain Infarction; Paresis; Functional Laterality; Female; Brain Mapping; Magnetic Resonance Imaging