“…9,6,26,27 In this hypothesis, the clinical features reported here, namely distal motor control, limited spasticity and axial hypotonia are rather surprising, albeit previously noted by other authors. 15,22,24,25 The view of LIS as bilateral pyramidal tract interruption is probably an oversimplification, and other structures may be involved. At the pontine level, the pyramidal tract is intermin � led with the grey matter of the cerebellar nuclei, 8 which probably suffers ischaemia before the myelinated fibres.…”