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ArticleActa neurochirurgica2021

The debate on apraxia and the supplementary motor area in the twentieth century.

Holger Joswig, Werner Surbeck, Felix Scholtes, Denis Bratelj, Gerhard Hildebrandt

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Holger JoswigDepartment of Neurosurgery, Ernst von Bergmann Hospital, HMU Health and Medical University Potsdam, Charlottenstraße 72, 14467, Potsdam, Germany. holger.joswig@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0003-3540-3910
Werner SurbeckDepartment of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Psychiatric Hospital of the University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Felix ScholtesDepartment of Neuroanatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Liège Belgium & Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Liège, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium.
Denis BrateljSchulthess Clinic, Zurich, Switzerland.
Gerhard HildebrandtDepartment of Neurosurgery, Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland.

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Abstract

Hand function and apraxia are equally relevant to neurosurgeons: as a symptom, as well as through the functional anatomy of "praxis" which underlies the dexterity needed for neurosurgical practice. The supplementary motor area is crucial for its understanding. Historically, Hugo Liepmann dominated the apraxia debate at the beginning of the twentieth century, a debate that has remained influential until today. Kurt Goldstein, a contemporary of Liepmann, is regularly mentioned as the first to have described the alien hand syndrome in 1909. Wilder Penfield was a key figure in exploring the role of the fronto-mesial cortex in human motor control and coined the term "supplementary motor area". It was Goldstein who not only contributed substantially to the apraxia debate more than 100 years ago; he also established the link between the dysfunction of the fronto-mesial cortex and abnormal higher motor control in humans.

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ApraxiasCorpus CallosumFemaleHistory, 20th CenturyHumansMaleMotor CortexApraxiaHugo LiepmannKurt GoldsteinNeurosurgery historySupplementary motor areaWilder Penfield

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PMID32725365

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