Disruption to brain circuitry linked to spatial neglect
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Spatial neglect is a common syndrome following right hemisphere stroke. Patients with spatial neglect have trouble perceiving and responding to stimuli on the contralesional side of the body. Conventionally, this syndrome has been explained in terms of damage to regions of the brain directly affected by stroke. Now, researchers from the Washington University School of Medicine report an association between spatial neglect and a breakdown in communication between two largely separate brain areas that control attention.
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