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Neglect behavior of experimental animals with unilateral posterior cortical lesions improves with the placement of a second lesion in the contralesional superior colliculus or in the intercollicular commissure. Given that the retinotectal fibers are mainly crossed, it has been speculated that ipsilesional eye patching, by depriving the contralesional superior colliculus of its main facilitatory visual input, might achieve similar results, and thus be used as a remediation maneuver in patients with neglect. From six patients with severe persistent neglect, only one showed an unequivocal beneficial effect from ipsilesional eye patching. We discuss the factors which possibly underlie success and failure with this procedure, and the place for it in neglect rehabilitation.
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See also: Serfaty, C., Soroker, N., Glicksohn, J., Sepkuti, J., & Myslobodsky, M. S. (1995). Does monocular viewing improve target detection in hemispatial neglect? Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience, 9, 77-83.
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Another paper stemming from my postdoctorate. Here I looked at the profile of scores obtained using a psychophysical procedure for assessing neglect, using a within-subject, multiple-regression analysis.
Professor Joseph Glicksohn
Bar-Ilan University
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This page is a summary of: Is There a Place for Ipsilesional Eye Patching in Neglect Rehabilitation?, Behavioural Neurology, January 1994, Hindawi Publishing Corporation,
DOI: 10.1155/1994/716286.
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