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ArticleClinical parkinsonism & related disorders2024

Micrographia after midbrain infarction alleviated by Japanese calligraphy-style writing: A case report.

Kazutaka Sakamoto, Kyungshil Kim, Ryota Kobayashi, Kayoko Yokoi, Daichi Morioka, Shinobu Kawakatsu, Akihito Suzuki, Kazumi Hirayama

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors.

Kazutaka SakamotoDepartment of Psychiatry, Yamagata University School of Medicine, 2-2-2 Iidanishi, Yamagata City, Yamagata 990-9585, Japan.
Kyungshil KimDepartment of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Human Sciences, Hokkaido Bunkyo University, Koganechuou 5 cho-me, Eniwa City, Hokkaido 061-1449, Japan.
Ryota KobayashiDepartment of Psychiatry, Yamagata University School of Medicine, 2-2-2 Iidanishi, Yamagata City, Yamagata 990-9585, Japan.
Kayoko YokoiDepartment of Occupational Therapy, Graduate School of Health Sciences, Yamagata Prefectural University of Health Sciences, 260 Kamiyanagi, Yamagata City, Yamagata 990-2212, Japan.
Daichi MoriokaDepartment of Psychiatry, Yamagata University School of Medicine, 2-2-2 Iidanishi, Yamagata City, Yamagata 990-9585, Japan.
Shinobu KawakatsuDepartment of Neuropsychiatry, Aizu Medical Center, Fukushima Medical University, 21-2 Kawahigashimachi Tanisawa, Aizuwakamatsu City, Fukushima 969-3492, Japan.
Akihito SuzukiDepartment of Psychiatry, Yamagata University School of Medicine, 2-2-2 Iidanishi, Yamagata City, Yamagata 990-9585, Japan.
Kazumi HirayamaDivision of Occupational Therapy, Department of Rehabilitation Science, Sendai Seiyo Gakuin University, 4-3-55 Nagamachi Taihakuku, Sendai 982-0011, Japan.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

•A 77-year-old right-handed man experienced an infarct in the right midbrain.•Ipsilesional progressive micrographia occurred after the midbrain infarct.•Micrographia improved when the patient wrote as if practicing Japanese calligraphy.•Further studies should confirm the utility of Japanese calligraphy in such cases.

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Japanese calligraphyMicrographiaMidbrainTegmentum

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PMCPMC11109001

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