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PART 2: Cardinal Manifestations and Presentation of Diseases
SECTION 3   Nervous System Dysfunction

26 Aphasia, Memory Loss, and Other Focal Cerebral Disorders
M.-Marsel Mesulam

Figure 26-1  Lateral (top) and medial (bottom) views of the cerebral hemispheres. The numbers refer to the Brodmann cytoarchitectonic designations. Area 17 corresponds to the primary visual cortex, 41–42 to the primary auditory cortex, 1–3 to...
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Figure 26-2  Functional magnetic resonance imaging of language and spatial attention in neurologically intact subjects. The red and black areas show regions of task-related significant activation. (Top) The subjects were asked to determine if two words were synonymous. This language task led...
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Figure 26-3  A. A 47-year-old man with a large frontoparietal lesion in the right hemisphere was asked to circle all the A's. Only targets on the right are circled. This is a manifestation of left hemispatial neglect.
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