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ReviewHandbook of clinical neurology2018

Limb apraxia and the left parietal lobe.

Laurel J Buxbaum, Jennifer Randerath

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Review in Handbook of clinical neurology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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44citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
43.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

44 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 96 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Limb apraxia in Parkinson's disease and atypical parkinsonian syndromes: a systematic review.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2026
    Pooled it
  2. Health Consequences of Intensive E-Gaming: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023
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  5. Dissociation between physical reasoning and tool use in individuals with left hemisphere brain damage.Cortex; a journal devoted to the study of the nervous system and behavior · 2026
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  8. Effects of left ventro-dorsal stream stimulation on novel tool use.Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991) · 2026
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  15. Neural Correlates of Rhythm in Post-Stroke Aphasia.Neurobiology of language (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2025
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  18. Apraxia: From Neuroanatomical Pathways to Clinical Manifestations.Current neurology and neuroscience reports · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Laurel J BuxbaumMoss Rehabilitation Research Institute, Elkins Park, PA, United States. Electronic address: lbuxbaum@einstein.edu.
Jennifer RanderathMotor Cognition Group, Clinical Neuropsychology and Lurija Institute for Rehabilitation and Health Sciences, University of Konstanz, Konstanz; and Schmieder Foundation for Sciences and Research, Allensbach, Germany.
Allensbach Institute · DEMoss Rehabilitation Hospital · US

Funding

Understanding Action Selection in the Tool Use NetworkR01NS099061 · NINDS · ALBERT EINSTEIN HEALTHCARE NETWORK · PI BUXBAUM, LAUREL J · 2016 to 2020
$2.0M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS099061
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Limb apraxia is a heterogeneous disorder of skilled action and tool use that has long perplexed clinicians and researchers. It occurs after damage to various loci in a densely interconnected network of regions in the left temporal, parietal, and frontal lobes. Historically, a highly classificatory approach to the study of apraxia documented numerous patterns of performance related to two major apraxia subtypes: ideational and ideomotor apraxia. More recently, there have been advances in our understanding of the functional neuroanatomy and connectivity of the left-hemisphere "tool use network," and the patterns of performance that emerge from lesions to different loci within this network. This chapter focuses on the left inferior parietal lobe, and its role in tool and body representation, action prediction, and action selection, and how these functions relate to the deficits seen in patients with apraxia subsequent to parietal lesions. Finally, suggestions are offered for several future directions that will benefit the study of apraxia, including increased attention to research on rehabilitation of this disabling disorder.

Indexed as

ApraxiasExtremitiesHumansParietal LobePsychomotor Performanceactionaction selectionbody representationsgesturesimitationlimb apraxiaparietalpraxispredictiontool use

Identifiers

PMID29519468
PMCPMC8139361
OpenAlexW2791967747

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