Effect of the state of activation of the cerebral hemisphere on sensory extinction. A study in 10 patients with right hemisphere lesions
Larmande, P.; Cambier, J.
Revue Neurologique (Paris) 137(4): 285-290
1981
ISSN/ISBN: 0035-3787 PMID: 7280440 Document Number: 182108
Sensory extinction is usually more apparent with lesions of the left than of the right hemisphere. Several factors modifying the relative activity of the cerebral hemispheres were used. Sensory extinction could be due to interhemispheric disequilibrium and not from a lesion of a structure specifically involved in attention phenomena.