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ReviewThe European journal of neuroscience2010

Understanding the parietal lobe syndrome from a neurophysiological and evolutionary perspective.

Roberto Caminiti, Matthew V Chafee, Alexandra Battaglia-Mayer, Bruno B Averbeck, David A Crowe, Apostolos P Georgopoulos

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Review in The European journal of neuroscience, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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34citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.9field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

34 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 94 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Roberto CaminitiDepartment of Physiology and Pharmacology, SAPIENZA University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy. roberto.caminiti@uniroma1.it
Matthew V Chafee
Alexandra Battaglia-Mayer
Bruno B Averbeck
David A Crowe
Apostolos P Georgopoulos
Minneapolis VA Medical Center · USSapienza University of Rome · ITUniversity of Minnesota · US

Funding

Frontal Striatal Systems and Dopamine in Normal and Pathological BehaviorZIAMH002928 · NIMH · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH · PI AVERBECK, BRUNO · 2010 to 2025
$29.0M
Intramural NIH HHS Z99 MH999999
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In human and nonhuman primates parietal cortex is formed by a multiplicity of areas. For those of the superior parietal lobule (SPL) there exists a certain homology between man and macaques. As a consequence, optic ataxia, a disturbed visual control of hand reaching, has similar features in man and monkeys. Establishing such correspondence has proven difficult for the areas of the inferior parietal lobule (IPL). This difficulty depends on many factors. First, no physiological information is available in man on the dynamic properties of cells in the IPL. Second, the number of IPL areas identified in the monkey is paradoxically higher than that so far described in man, although this issue will probably be reconsidered in future years, thanks to comparative imaging studies. Third, the consequences of parietal lesions in monkeys do not always match those observed in humans. This is another paradox if one considers that, in certain cases, the functional properties of neurons in the monkey's IPL would predict the presence of behavioral skills, such as construction capacity, that however do not seem to emerge in the wild. Therefore, constructional apraxia, which is well characterized in man, has never been described in monkeys and apes. Finally, only certain aspects, i.e. hand directional hypokinesia and gaze apraxia (Balint's psychic paralysis of gaze), of the multifaceted syndrome hemispatial neglect have been described in monkeys. These similarities, differences and paradoxes, among many others, make the study of the evolution and function of parietal cortex a challenging case.

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Biological EvolutionAnimalsCognition DisordersHumansMovement DisordersParietal LobePerceptual DisordersPsychomotor PerformanceSyndromeVisual Fields

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PMID20550568
PMCPMC2900452
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