摘要：Although aphasia and hemispatial neglect are classically designated as ‘cortical’ deficits, languagedeficits or hemispatial neglect following lesions to subcortical regions have been reported in manystudies (e.g., Weiller et al., 1993). However, whether or not the cause of aphasia and hemispatialneglect is due to subcortical lesion has been a matter of controversy. Previous work in the lab hasshown that most cases of aphasia or hemispatial neglect due to acute subcortical infarct can beaccounted for by concurrent cortical hypoperfusion (Hillis et al., 2002). It should be noted that inthe Hillis et al., 2002 study, lesions were mostly restricted corona radiata and caudate. Thalamiclesions were not included.
