lobe lesions

Question 1

parietal lobe lesions

Answer 1

-sensory inattention
-apraxias
-astereognosis (tactile agnosia)
-inferior homonymous quadrantanopia
-Gerstmann’s syndrome

Question 2

occipital lobe lesions

Answer 2

-homonymous hemianopia
-cortical blindness
-visual agnosia

Question 3

temporal lobe lesions

Answer 3

-wernicke’s aphasia
-superior homonymous quadrantopia
-auditory agnosia
-prosopagnosia

Question 4

frontal lobe lesions

Answer 4

-Broca’s aphasia
-disinhibition (impulsive)
-perseveration (gets stuck on one idea)
-anosmia
-inability to generate a list

Question 5

cerebellum lesions

Answer 5

midline lesions: gait and truncal ataxia
hemisphere lesions: intention temor, past pointing, dysdiadokinesis, nystagmus

Question 6

medial thalamus and mammillary bodies of the hypothalamus

Answer 6

wenicke and korasakoff syndrome

Question 7

subthalamic nucleus of the basal ganglia

Answer 7

hemiballism

Question 8

striatum (caudate nucleus) of the basal ganglia

Answer 8

huntington chorea

Question 9

substantia nigra of the basal ganglia

Answer 9

parkinson’s disease

Question 10

Amygdala

Answer 10

Kluver-Bucy syndrome (hypersexuality, hyperorality, hyperphagia, visual agnosia)