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  • Index
    • 3 Column Model
    • ACh: Acetylcholine
    • Acute MS
    • Ia (A-alpha) Muscle Spindles
    • Ib (A-alpha) Golgi Tendon
    • II (A-beta) - touch, vibration, pressure
    • Acid-Base
    • Actinomyces
    • ABC: Aneurysmal Bone Cyst
    • Acute Transverse Myelitis
    • Aldosterone
    • AA: Anaplastic Astrocytoma
    • Achondroplasia / Dysplastic Pedicle Syndrome
    • ACTH
    • Acute Phase Reactants
    • AD: Alzheimer's Disease
    • ADEM
    • ADH / Vasopressin
    • AEDs: Anti-Epileptic Drugs
    • AIDP / Guillain-Barre
    • Angiolipoma
    • Alcohol
    • Alexia without Agraphia
    • Alpha-2
    • AIP: Acute Intermittent Porphyria
    • ALS: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
    • Altitudinal Retinal Defect
    • Amaurosis Fugax
    • Amyloid Angiopathy
    • Anemia
    • Anencephaly
    • Anesthetics
    • Angiogram Anatomy
    • ANS: Autonomic Nervous System
    • ANS Dysautonomia
    • Arachnoiditis
    • ARDS: Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
    • ARF: Acute Renal Failure
    • Carotid Artery Dissection
    • Agenesis of Corpus Callosum
    • Aneurysms - By Type
    • Ankylosing spondylitis
    • Aqueductal Stenosis
    • Arachnoid Cyst
    • Ataxia-Telangectasia
    • ATRT: Atypical Teratoid Rhabdoid Tumor
    • AVM: Arteriovenous Malformation
    • Bacteria
    • Balo's Concentric Sclerosis
    • BA: Basilar Artery
    • Behcet
    • Bell's Palsy
    • Beriberi
    • Black Widow Spider
    • Blue Rubber Bleb
    • Bone Hemangioma
    • Botulism
    • Brain Herniation
    • Brainstem Glioma - Medulla
    • Buerger's Thromboangitis Obliterans
    • Burst Fracture
    • Caput Medusa
    • Cardiac Arrhythmias
    • Cardiac Tamponade
    • Carotidynia
    • C1 - Atlas
    • C1 - C2
    • C2 - Axis / Odontoid / Dens
    • C5-6: Erb's Palsy
    • C3-C7 - Subaxial Cervical Spine
    • CN XI: Spinal Accessory Nerve
    • CADASIL
    • Capillary Telangiectasia
    • Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
    • Cardiac & Renal Drugs
    • Cardiac Risk Index
    • Carotid Stenosis
    • CCF: Carotid Cavernous Fistula
    • Cavernous Malformation
    • C. Diff: Clostridium difficile
    • Cerebral Autoregulation
    • Central Neuroblastoma
    • Central Neurocytoma
    • Cephalohematoma
    • Cerebrovascular Disease
    • Cerebral Abscess
    • Cerebral Arteries - Embryology
    • Cerebral Cortex - Frontal Lobe
    • Cerebral Edema
    • Cerebral Palsy / Spasticity
    • Cervical Spine Trauma
    • Cervical Degenerative Disease
    • Cervical Plexus
    • Chance Fracture
    • Chemical Vasculitis
    • Chemotherapy Drugs
    • Chiari Malformation
    • Cholesterol Granuloma
    • Cholinergic Crisis
    • Chordoma / Chondrosarcoma / Chondroid Chordoma
    • Choroid Plexus Papilloma / Carcinoma
    • Chromosomal Abnormalities
    • CIDP: Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy
    • Classic Avellis Syndrome
    • Cleidocranial Dysostosis
    • CNS Lymphoma
    • CN II: Optic Nerve
    • CN III: Oculomotor Nerve
    • CN IV: Trochlear Nerve
    • CN VI: Abducens Nerve
    • CN VII Pathology
    • CN IX: Pathology
    • CN X: Vagal Nerve
    • Colloid Cyst
    • Coma
    • Complete Basilar Syndrome
    • Compression Fracture
    • Concussion
    • Congestive Heart Failure
    • Congenital Muscular Dystrophy / Walker-Marburg
    • Corneal Ulcer
    • Corpus Callosum Disconnection Syndromes
    • Corticobasal Degeneration
    • CST: Corticospinal Tract
    • Craniopharyngioma
    • Craniosynostosis
    • CRPS: Complex Regional Pain Syndrome / Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy
    • CSF Leak
    • CY-P450 Drugs
    • DAI: Diffuse Axonal Injury
    • Dandy Walker / Dandy Walker Variant / Mega Cisterna Magna / Posteriro Fossa Arachnoid Cyst
    • DAVF: Dural Arteriovenous Fistula
    • DCML: Dorsal Columns Medial Lemniscus
    • Dejerine - Roussy / Thalamic Pain
    • Delirium
    • Dementia
    • Dementia Pugilistica
    • Denervation Hypersensitivity
    • Dermal Sinus Tract
    • Dermoid Cyst
    • Developmental Ventricle Abnormalities
    • Devic's / Neuromyelitis Optica
    • DPL: Diagnostic Peritoneal Lavage
    • DIC: Diffuse Intravascular Coagulation
    • DIG: Desmoplastic Infantile Ganglioglioma
    • DIPG: Diffuse Infiltrative Pontine Glioma / Pontine Glioma / Brainstem Glioma
    • Diphtheria
    • DISH: Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis
    • DNET: Dysembryoplastic Neuroepithelial Tumor
    • Dopamine
    • DVST: Dural Venous Sinus Thrombosis
    • Duret Hemorrhage
    • Dystonia
    • ECA Stenosis
    • Eclampsia
    • Ectopic Neurohypophysis
    • EDH: Epidural Hematoma
    • EEG / Sleep
    • Electrolytes -Ca, P
    • Embolic Stroke
    • EMG: Electromyogram
    • Encephalopathy
    • Encephaloceles / Cephalocele
    • Empty Sella Syndrome
    • Enteric Nervous System
    • Enterogenous Cyst
    • Enuresis
    • Ependymoma / Ependymoblastoma
    • Epidural Abscess
    • Epidermoid Cyst
    • Epidural Lipomatosis
    • Esthesioneuroblastoma
    • Ethics
    • Ewing's Sarcoma
    • Fahr's Disease
    • Failed Back Syndrome
    • Familial Periodic Paralysis
    • Fat Embolism
    • Fibrous Dysplasia
    • Fibromuscular Dysplasia
    • Foix Syndrome
    • Folate / Methionine / Homocysteine / Vitamin B 12
    • Foramen Magnum Meningioma
    • Foster Kennedy Syndrome
    • Fracture - Dislocation
    • Freidrich's Ataxia
    • Frontal Sinus Fracture
    • FSH / LH
    • Fungus
    • GABA
    • Gait
    • Ganglioglioma / Gangliocytoma
    • Garcin's Hemibasal Syndrome
    • GBM: Glioblastoma Multiforme
    • Gemistocytic Astrocytoma
    • Germ Cell Tumors
    • Germinal Matrix Hemorrhage
    • Giant Arachnoid Granulations
    • Giant Cell Pituitary Granuloma
    • GI Bleed
    • Gliomatosis Cerebri
    • Gliosarcoma / Feigin Tumor
    • Glutamate
    • Glycine, Renshaw Cell
    • Glycogen Storage Diseases
    • Gradenigo's Syndrome
    • GH: Growth Hormone
    • Gunshot Wound
    • Hallervorden-Spatz
    • Headache
    • Head Injury
    • Hemangioblastoma / VHL: Von Hippel Lindau
    • Hemangiopericytoma
    • Heme Drugs
    • Hemiballismus
    • Hemifacial Spasm
    • Hirschsprung's
    • High Intracranial Pressure
    • Histology Stains
    • HMSN: Hereditary Motor Sensory Neuropathies / Onion Bulb / Hypertrophic / Peroneal muscular atrophy
    • HNP: Herniated Nucleus Propopus
    • Holoprosencephaly
    • Horizontal Gaze
    • HTN: Hypertension
    • Huntington's Disease
    • Hydrancephaly
    • Hydromyelia
    • Hyperostosis Frontalis
    • Hypothalamic Hamartoma
    • Hypothermia
    • Hypothyroid
    • ICA - Persistent Fetal Circulation
    • ICP Monitoring
    • Immunohistochemistry
    • Infectious Vasculitis
    • Intracranial HYPERtension / Pseudotumor Cerebri
    • Intracranial HYPOtension
    • IVH: Intraventricular Hemorrhage
    • Ion Channels
    • IPH: Intraparenchymal Hemorrhage
    • Irregular Central Breathing
    • Ischemic Pathology
    • Ischemic Stroke
    • Isolated 4th Ventricle
    • Jacod's Syndrome
    • JPA: Juvenile Pilocytic Astrocytoma
    • Jugular Foramen Syndromes: Vernet, Collet-Sicard, Villarett
    • Jump Facet
    • K: Potassium
    • Kawasaki
    • Kernicterus
    • Kippel-Trenaunay-Weber
    • Klippel-Fiel
    • Lacunar Stroke
    • Lambert Eaton
    • Landau-Kleffner
    • Langerhan's Histiocytosis X
    • Lateral Recess Syndrome
    • Leber Hereditary Optic Atrophy
    • Leprosy
    • Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome
    • Leukodystrophies
    • Lewy Body Dementia
    • Lhermitte-Duclos
    • Lipoma
    • Lipomyelomeningocele
    • Lissencephaly
    • Locked In
    • Low Grade Diffuse Astrocytoma / Fibrillary Astrocytoma
    • Lowe Syndrome (Oculo-Cerebro-Renal Syndrome)
    • Luckenschadel
    • Lumbar Degenerative Disease
    • Lupus / SLE
    • Lymphocytic Hypophysitis
    • Lysosomal Storage Diseases
    • Malignant Hyperthermia
    • Maple Syrup Urine Disease
    • Mannitol
    • Median Nerve: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
    • Medulla
    • Medulloblastoma
    • Melatonin
    • MEN: Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia
    • Menke's Kinky Hair Disease
    • Meniere's Disease
    • Meningioma
    • Meningitis
    • Meningioangiomatosis
    • Metastasis
    • Methanol Poisoning
    • Microglia
    • Micturation Syncope
    • Mg: Magnesium
    • MG: Myasthesnia Gravis
    • MI: Myocardial Infarction
    • Mitochondrial Diseases
    • Mononeuritis Multiplex
    • Moya Moya
    • MRI - Study for Disease
    • MS: Multiple Sclerosis
    • MTS: Mesial Temporal Sclerosis
    • Mucopolysaccharidases
    • Multiple Myeloma / Plasmacytoma
    • Muscular Dystrophy
    • Musculocutaneous Nerve
    • Multi-Infarct Dementia
    • Myotonic Dystrophy / Myotonia
    • Myositis
    • Na: Hyponatremia
    • Na: Hypernatremia
    • NAHT: Non-Acciddental Head Trauma
    • Narcolepsy
    • NCS / EMG Examples
    • NCS: Nerve Conduction Studies
    • NE: Norepinephrine
    • Necrotizing Fascitis
    • Neuroepithelial Cyst
    • Neurofibroma / MPNST: Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor
    • Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome
    • Neuropathy
    • NF1: Neurofibromatosis Type I
    • NF2: Neurofibromatosis Type 2
    • Nisseria Meningitis
    • Nocardia
    • Nodular Heterotopia
    • NPH: Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
    • Nystagmus
    • O-C1
    • Occipital Neuralgia
    • Olfactory Groove Meningioma
    • Oligodendroglioma
    • Oligodendrocytes
    • Olivopontocerebellar Atrophy
    • Opioids
    • OPLL: Ossified Posterior Longitudinal Ligament
    • Optic Glioma
    • Orbit
    • Orbital Pseudotumor
    • Osteochondroma
    • Osteogenesis Imperfecta
    • Osteoid Osteoma
    • Osteoma
    • Osteomyelitis
    • Osteopetrosis
    • Osteosarcoma
    • Otalgia
    • Oxygen
    • OWR - HHT: Osler Weber Rendu / Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia
    • Palatopharyngeal Paralysis of Avellis
    • Paget's Disease
    • Pancoast Tumor
    • Paraganglioma / Glomus Jugulare / Chemodectoma
    • Paramedian Diencephalic Syndrome
    • Paraneoplastic Syndromes
    • Paraneoplastic Limbic Encephalitis
    • Parasites
    • Parietal Foramina
    • Parietal Lesion
    • Parkinson's Disease
    • Parsonage-Turner
    • Pars Fracture
    • PCom Aneurysm
    • PE: Pulmonary Embolism
    • Pediatric Stroke
    • Peds Specific Vitals, Fluids, Blood Volume
    • Perineuroma
    • Peripheral Nerve
    • Periventricular Leukomalacia
    • Pick's Disease
    • Pineal Cell Tumors
    • Pineal Cyst
    • Pituitary Adenoma
    • Pituitary Apoplexy
    • Posterior Vertebral Body Scalloping
    • Pons
    • Pupillary Light Reflex
    • PNA: Pneumonia
    • PNET: Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumors
    • Poisons
    • Polyarteritis Nodosa
    • Polymicrogyri
    • Porencephaly
    • Postherpetic Neuralgia
    • PCA: Posterior Cerebral Artery
    • PRES: Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome
    • Pressors
    • Primary Autonomic Insufficiency
    • Prions
    • Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
    • Prolactin
    • Protoplasmic Astrocytoma
    • Pseudolaminar Necrosis
    • Psych Drugs
    • PXA: Pleomorphic Xanthoastrocytoma
    • PTX: Pneumothorax
    • Pulmonary Edema
    • Radiation Necrosis
    • Raeder's
    • Rasmussen's Encephalitis
    • Rathke's Cleft Cyst
    • Respiratory Meds
    • Retinitis Pigmentosa
    • Retinoblastoma
    • Rexed Laminae
    • Rhabdomyolysis
    • Right Heart Failure
    • Rubrospinal Tract
    • Sacral Agenesis / Caudal Regression
    • Sacral Fractures
    • Sacral Meningocele
    • Sarcoidosis
    • Schizencephaly
    • Schwannoma
    • Schilder's
    • Scoliosis
    • Saethre-Chotzen
    • SAH: Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
    • SDH: Subdural Hematoma
    • SEGA: Subependymal Giant Cell Astrocytoma
    • Seizures
    • 5HT: Serotonin
    • Sheehan's Syndrome
    • Shock
    • Shunt Malfunction / Infection
    • Shy Drager
    • Sinus Pericranii
    • Skull Fracture
    • SMA: Supplementary Motor Area Syndrome
    • Spasticity
    • Speech
    • Spina Bifida / Neural Tube Defect
    • Spinal Cord Injuries
    • Spinal Cord Stroke
    • Spinal Epidural Abscess
    • Spinal Epidural Hematoma
    • Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA)
    • Spine Anatomy - Degenerative Disease
    • Spine Aneurysms
    • Spine Fractures
    • Spine Vasculature
    • Spinobulbar Muscular Atrophy / Kennedy's Disease
    • Spinoreticular
    • Spinal Tectal Tract
    • Split Cord Malformation / Diastematomyelia
    • Strep Pneumoniae
    • Striatonigral Degeneration
    • STT: Spinothalamic Tract
    • Sturge-Weber Syndrome
    • Subclavian Steal
    • Subdural Empyema
    • Subependymoma
    • Sural Nerve Biopsy
    • Stargardt's Disease
    • Stevens Johnson
    • Stiff Man Syndrome
    • Stimulants
    • Syncope
    • Synovial Cyst
    • Syphillis
    • Syrinx / Synringomyelia
    • Statistics
    • Takayasu's Arteritis
    • Taste: CN VII, IX, X
    • TectoSpinal Tract
    • Temporal Arteritis
    • Tetanus
    • Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
    • Thoracic Spondylosis
    • Thrombotic Stroke
    • Thyroid
    • TIA: Transient Ischemic Attack
    • Tethered Cord
    • TORCH
    • TIMI Score
    • Spinous Process Fracture / Transverse Process Fracture
    • TPN: Total Parenteral Nutrition
    • Traumatic IPH
    • Traumatic Neuroma
    • Trigeminal Neuralgia
    • Trigeminal Neuropathic Pain
    • TS: Tuberous Sclerosis
    • Tolosa-Hunt
    • Transfusion Reaction
    • Tremor
    • Ulnar Nerve
    • Ultrasound
    • Upper Extremity Exam / Brachial Plexus
    • Uremic neuropathy
    • Vagoglossopharyngeal Neuralgia
    • Vertebral Basilar Insufficiency
    • Vertical Gaze
    • VOGM: Vein of Galen Malformation
    • VOR: Vestibulo-Ocular-Reflex
    • Venous Air Embolism
    • Vestibulospinal Tract
    • Ventilator
    • Viruses
    • Eye / Retina
    • VWD: Von Willebrand's Disease
    • Wegener's Granulomatosis
    • Whipple's Disease
    • Wilson's Disease
    • Wormian Bones
    • Wound Healing
    • Wyburn - Mason
    • Zollinger-Ellison
  • Questions

Corpus Callosum Disconnection Syndromes


  • R hand can transfer information to L hemisphere for language processing; but not back
  • R hand - can name objects in R hand, but cannot copy complex designs
  • L hand - alien (e.g., one hand buttons while the other unbuttons), no language controlled with objects presented in either L visual field, L hand, and cannot read in L hemifield