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  2. Hemispatial neglect - Wikipedia

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    Hemispatial neglect is a neuropsychological condition in which, after damage to one hemisphere of the brain (e.g. after a stroke), a deficit in attention and awareness towards the side of space opposite brain damage (contralesional space) is observed.

  3. Gerstmann syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Gerstmann syndrome is typically associated with damage to the inferior parietal lobule of the dominant hemisphere. It is classically considered a left-hemisphere disorder, although right-hemisphere damage has also been associated with components of the syndrome. [2] It is named after Jewish Austrian-born American neurologist Josef Gerstmann. [3]

  4. Disconnection syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Callosal syndrome, or split-brain, is an example of a disconnection syndrome from damage to the corpus callosum between the two hemispheres of the brain. Disconnection syndrome can also lead to aphasia, left-sided apraxia, and tactile aphasia, among other symptoms.

  5. Hemiparesis - Wikipedia

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    Pusher syndrome is a clinical disorder following left- or right-sided brain damage, in which patients actively push their weight away from the non-hemiparetic side to the hemiparetic side. This is in contrast to most stroke patients, who typically prefer to bear more weight on their nonhemiparetic side.

  6. Global aphasia - Wikipedia

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    Global aphasia is a severe form of nonfluent aphasia, caused by damage to the left side of the brain, that affects [1] receptive and expressive language skills (needed for both written and oral language) as well as auditory and visual comprehension. [2]

  7. Baby Has $5 Million Surgery to Remove Left Side of Brain at ...

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    “After 30 minutes, seizures cause brain damage. So he was likely getting one week’s worth of brain damage already out of the gate. And it’s possible that he was having seizures in utero and ...

  8. Extinction (neurology) - Wikipedia

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    Neglect often follows right inferior parietal damage, and is characterized by impaired attention and lack of awareness for stimuli on the contralesional (left) side of space. [17] Any kind of brain damage, such as stroke, brain tissue death, or tumors, can lead to neglect and cause unilateral damage to one side of the parietal lobe. Overall, a ...

  9. Focal neurologic signs - Wikipedia

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    Focal neurologic signs, also known as focal neurological deficits or focal CNS signs, are impairments of nerve, spinal cord, or brain function that affects a specific region of the body, e.g. weakness in the left arm, the right leg, paresis, or plegia.