Reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome (RPLS) is characterized by headache, altered mental functioning, seizures, and visual loss, and has been recognized in a variety of conditions, ...

Sept. 10, 2004 — Total dream loss is a distinct neuropsychological dysfunction caused by deep bilateral occipital lobe damage and can occur in a setting of normal sleep architecture, including REM ...

Neuroimaging is recommended for any case that is suspicious for stroke, particularly occipital stroke. MRI of the brain and brainstem revealed changes in both occipital lobes consistent with an old ...

A 72 year-old woman developed the abrupt onset of difficulty seeing on the right side. Posterior Cerebral Artery (PCA) Infarction: Axial CT scans 3 days after presentation. Note the hypodensity in the ...

A boy who had large parts of the right side of his brain removed due to a slow-growing tumor made a nearly full recovery in the three years after his surgery, with other areas of his brain ...

Occipital neuralgia is a type of headache. It starts in the upper neck or back of the head and can radiate behind the eyes and over the scalp. Damage to the occipital nerves may cause occipital ...

The occipital nerve runs from the base of the skull along the back of the head. An occipital nerve block is a procedure to temporarily provide relief from pain related to this nerve, such as that due ...

The parietal lobe is located near the center of the brain, behind the frontal lobe, in front of the occipital lobe, and above the temporal lobe. The parietal lobe contains an area known as the primary ...