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The psychic tonus model (Braun and colleagues, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2006) states that the left hemisphere is a “booster” of internal experience and behavior in general, and that the right hemisphere is a “dampener”. Twenty-five patients with a “positive” extreme disturbance of body schema (somatoparaphrenia) and 37 patients with a “negative” disturbance of body schema (autotopagnosia or Gerstmann’s syndrome), all following a unilateral parietal lesion, were found in the literature and were analyzed to test predictions from Braun’s “psychic tonus” model. As expected, patients with a positive syndrome had a right hemisphere lesion significantly more frequently, and those with a negative syndrome had a left hemisphere lesion significantly more frequently. Thus the psychic tonus model of hemispheric specialization, previously supported with regard to psychomotor baseline, libido, talkativeness, memory, auditory and visual perceptual tonus, now incorporates the tonus of representation of the body (body schema) in the parietal lobes.
The psychic tonus model (Braun and colleagues, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2006) states that the left hemisphere is a “booster” of internal experience and behavior in general, and that the right hemisphere is a “dampener”. Twenty-five patients with a “positive” extreme disturbance of body schema (somatoparaphrenia) and 37 patients with a “negative” disturbance of body schema (autotopagnosia or Gerstmann’s syndrome), all following a unilateral parietal lesion, were found in the literature and were analyzed to test predictions from Braun’s “psychic tonus” model. As expected, patients with a positive syndrome had a right hemisphere lesion significantly more frequently, and those with a negative syndrome had a left hemisphere lesion significantly more frequently. Thus the psychic tonus model of hemispheric specialization, previously supported with regard to psychomotor baseline, libido, talkativeness, memory, auditory and visual perceptual tonus, now incorporates the tonus of representation of the body (body schema) in the parietal lobes.
ResumenIntroducción: Durante años el estudio de la migraña con aura ha sorprendido por la versatilidad de su forma de presentación. Las auras se manifiestan con el desarrollo gradual de síntomas neurológicos que van desde alteraciones visuales hasta trastornos de la percepción. Estos últimos son formas de presentación poco frecuentes siendo el motivo de este artículo. Caso Clínico: Se presenta el caso de una paciente de sexo femenino de 53 años con diagnóstico de migraña con aura la cual hace un relato autobiográfico de sus crisis, con especial énfasis en una variante de asomatognosia como forma de presentación. A continuación se discute sobre la asomatognosia como un fenómeno perteneciente a las alteraciones del esquema corporal y los diferentes conceptos y formas clínicas relacionados con estas y se hacer un breve repaso sobre las posibles localizaciones anatómicas de estas afecciones. Conclusión: La migraña con aura puede manifestarse con una variada sintomatología previa al dolor. La asomatognosia es una forma infrecuente de presentación. Un campo de interés en la investigación de esta área incluyen un esfuerzo por definir la especificidad y localización de la lesión como un método para la mejor comprensión de cómo las lesiones a áreas muy específicas del cerebro afectan la percepción y la memoria.AbstractIntroduction: For years the study of migraine with aura was surprised by the versatility of its presentation. Auras are manifested with the gradual development of neurological symptoms ranging from visual impairment to perception disorders. The latter are rare forms of presentation being the reason for this article. Case report: the case of a female patient of 53 years diagnosed with migraine with aura which makes an autobiographical account of their crises, with special emphasis on a variant of asomatognosia as manifestation is presented. It then discusses the asomatognosia as a phenomenon belonging to the altered body image and the different concepts related to these clinical forms and a brief overview of the possible anatomical locations of these conditions do. Conclusion: Migraine with aura may manifest with varied previous symptoms before the pain. The asomatognosia is an uncommon presentation. A field of interests for research also include an effort to define the specificity and location of the lesion as a method for better understanding of how injuries to very specific areas of the brain affect perception and memory
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