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Diaschisis and Neurobehavior

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

Dang Khoa Nguyen
Affiliation:
Behavioral Neurology, Neurobiology and Neuropsychology Research Unit and Neurology Service, Hôtel-Dieu Hospital and University of Montreal, Montreal
M.I. Botez*
Affiliation:
Behavioral Neurology, Neurobiology and Neuropsychology Research Unit and Neurology Service, Hôtel-Dieu Hospital and University of Montreal, Montreal
*
Hôtel-Dieu Hospital, 3840 rue St-Urbain, Montreal, Québec, Canada H2W 1T8
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We review forms of diaschisis and their relationship with neurobehavioral and neuropsychological findings. The following forms of diaschisis are discussed: (1) cortico-cerebellar diaschisis; (2) cerebello-cortical diaschisis; (3) transhemispheric diaschisis; (4) cortico-thalamic diaschisis; (5) thalamo-cortical diaschisis; and (6) basal ganglia-cortical diaschisis. For each form, the neurobehavioral and neuropsychological findings are discussed. Diaschisis can be classified from the behavioral point of view as follows: (1) forms in which the metabolic effect at distance is not followed by neurobehavioral impairment; (2) forms in which the remote metabolic impairment could induce neurobehavioral and neuropsychological disorders; and (3) forms in which the role of the lesion itself and its remote metabolic effects on the production of neurobehavioral and neuropsychological abnormalities cannot be disentangled.

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Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1998

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