Cerebral anatomy
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Functions
Parietal
Somatosensory cortex (S1)
- Contralateral representation of sensory input
Somatosensory cortex S2
- Lateral aspect of the post central gyrus
- Bilateral representation of sensation
- ?Different role to S1
PIMO
- Pain sensation
Parieto-insular vestibular cortex (PIVC)
- Vestibular integration
Posterior parietal cortex
- Gerstman’s syndrome
- Angular gyrus syndrome (=Gerstman’s +alexia, aphasia, constructional deficits)
- Inferior parietal lobule
o Conductive aphasia
- Superior parietal lobule
o Optic ataxia
o Visuospatial dissociation
o Gaze paresis (oculomotor apraxia)
o Simultanagnosia
- Intraparietal sulcus
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