Yonsei Med J.  2013 Jul;54(4):1070-1071. 10.3349/ymj.2013.54.4.1070.

Letter to the Editor. Re: Lateralization of Cognitive Functions in Aphasia after Right Brain Damage

• Derakhshan I

• KMID: 2158249
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3349/ymj.2013.54.4.1070

Abstract

No abstract available.

MeSH Terms

Aphasia/*etiology/*physiopathology
Brain Injuries/*complications
Cognition/*physiology
Female
Functional Laterality/*physiology
Humans
Male

Figure

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  Fig. 1 Note complete deviation of the left eye toward the damaged left hemisphere. The right eye remains at the midline, i.e. internuclear ophthalmoplegia.4 Publically available information indicates that Congresswoman Giffords maintained her faculty of speech from the start the start of the traumatic brain injury on January 8, 2011.

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3. Derakhshan I. The Lone Abducting Eye and Laterality of Motor Control: Congresswoman Giffords "Wrong-Way Eyes" Denotes Crossed Right Hemisphere Syndrome in a Right Hander. Ann Neurol. 2012; 72:Supplement 16. S29.

4. Derakhshan I. How do the eyes move together? New understandings help explain eye deviations in patients with stroke. CMAJ. 2005; 172:171–173.