The syndrome of hemispatial neglect is characterised by reduced awareness of stimuli on one side of space, even though there may be no sensory loss.SkiptomaincontentYouarehereHomeArchiveVolume75, Issue1HemispatialneglectEmailalertsArticleTextArticlemenuArticleTextArticleinfoCitationToolsShareRapidResponsesArticlemetricsAlertsPDFReviewHemispatialneglectFreeAParton,PMalhotra,MHusainDivisionofNeuroscienceandPsychologicalMedicine,ImperialCollegeLondon,LondonW6,UK;InstituteofCognitiveNeurology,UCL,London,UKCorrespondenceto:
DrMasudHusain
DivisionofNeuroscienceandPsychologicalMedicine,ImperialCollegeLondon,CharingCrossHospitalCampus,LondonW68RF,UK;m.husainimperial.ac.ukAbstractThesyndromeofhemispatialneglectischaracterisedbyreducedawarenessofstimuliononesideofspace,eventhoughtheremaybenosensoryloss.Althoughitisextremelycommon,ithasproventobeachallengingconditiontounderstand,andtotreat.Newinsightsfromdetailedbehaviouralandanatomicalstudiesinpatients,aswellasfunctionalimaginginhealthyindividuals,havebeguntorevealsomeofthecomponentdeficitsunderlyingthedisorder.Thisreviewfocusesonimportantclinicalissuesinneglect,includingbedsidediagnostictestsandemergingtherapeuticandrehabilitationmethods,involvingbothbehaviouralanddrugtreatments.anosognosiaextinctionneglectBIT,behaviouralinattentiontestfMRI,functionalmagneticresonanceimagingSPECT,singlephotonemissioncomputedtomographySTG,superiortemporalgyrusStatisticsfromAltmetric.comanosognosiaextinctionneglectBIT,behaviouralinattentiontestfMRI,functionalmagneticresonanceimagingSPECT,singlephotonemissioncomputedtomographySTG,superiortemporalgyrusHemispatialneglectisacommondisablingconditionfollowingunilateralbraindamage,particularlyoftherighthemisphere.Althoughitcanbecausedbyvariousdifferentpathologicalconditions,itismostoftenobservedaftercerebralinfarctionorhaemorrhageandaffectsuptotwothirdsofrighthemispherestrokepatientsacutely.12Patientswithneglectoftenfailtobeawareoforacknowledgeitemsontheircontralesionalside(theleftsideforpatientswith