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Loss of ability to make voluntary actions or decisions. Inability to motivate for action. Reduction in speech, thought, movement and emotional reactions.
Disorder of Diminished Motivation. More severe than apathy but less severe then akinetic mutism. |
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Impaired ability to recognize meaning of stimuli, with preserved perception and intellect.
Particularly common with occipitaltemporal border lesions. Types: Pure Word Deafness (Audiotry Verbal Agnosia). Cortical Deafness. |
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Inability to write.
Type of aphasia associated with Wernicke's area (broadman 39, 40 of parietal, 22 of temporal) |
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Type of expressive aphasia-inability to speak in grammatically correct sentences.
Pt. commonly uses telegraphic speech. |
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Hypokinetic disorder.
Inability to initiate movment due to diminished dopaminergic cell activity in CNS. Common in Parkinson.
Pt. cannot activate or select motor programs. |
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Lesion to the frontal lobe leads to gradual decrease of movement and speech.
Intact decending motor pathways. Intermittent alertness (sleep-wake). |
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Broadman area 39.
language, math, body orientation.
Not as large in non-humans, may be responsible for out-of-body experiences. |
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Inability to recognize own disease.
Occurs with receptive aphasia.
Can be global or selective denial of different defficits after a stroke or with Alzheimers. |
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Can't identify objects by touch without visual aid.
parietal occipital lobe |
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Slowness
Parkinson
Basial Ganglia disorder |
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double vision
extraocular muscles |
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