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NPTE Neuro 1
Blood Brain Supply and Impairments
| Impairment | Blood Supply |
|---|---|
| Contralateral LE motor and sensory involvement | Anterior cerebral artery (ACA) |
| Loss of bowel and bladder control | Anterior cerebral artery (ACA) |
| Loss of behavioral inhibition | Anterior cerebral artery (ACA) |
| Significant mental changes | Anterior cerebral artery (ACA) |
| Neglect | Anterior cerebral artery (ACA) |
| Aphasia | Anterior cerebral artery (ACA) |
| Apraxia and agraphia | Anterior cerebral artery (ACA) |
| Perseveration | Anterior cerebral artery (ACA) |
| Akinetic mutism with significant bilateral involvement | Anterior cerebral artery (ACA) |
| Most common site of a CVA | Middle Cerebral Artery (MCA) |
| Wernicke's aphasia | Middle Cerebral Artery (MCA) |
| Homonymous hemianopsia | Middle Cerebral Artery (MCA) |
| Apraxia | Middle Cerebral Artery (MCA) |
| Flat affect | Middle Cerebral Artery (MCA) |
| Contralateral weakness and sensory loss of face and UE involvement with lesser involvement in the lower extremity | Middle Cerebral Artery (MCA) |
| Impaired spatial relations | Middle Cerebral Artery (MCA) |
| Impaired body schema | Middle Cerebral Artery (MCA) |
| Anosognosia | Middle Cerebral Artery (MCA) |
| Contralateral pain and temperature sensory loss | Posterior Cerebral Artery (PCA) |
| Contralateral hemiplegia, mild hemiparesis | Posterior Cerebral Artery (PCA) |
| Ataxia, athetosis or choreiform movement | Posterior Cerebral Artery (PCA) |
| Impaired quality of movement | Posterior Cerebral Artery (PCA) |
| Thalamic pain syndrome | Posterior Cerebral Artery (PCA) |
| Anomia | Posterior Cerebral Artery (PCA) |
| Prosopagnosia | Posterior Cerebral Artery (PCA) |
| Hemiballismus | Posterior Cerebral Artery (PCA) |
| Visual agnosia | Posterior Cerebral Artery (PCA) |
| Homonymous hemianopsia | Posterior Cerebral Artery (PCA) |
| Memory impairment | Posterior Cerebral Artery (PCA) |
| Alexia, dyslexia | Posterior Cerebral Artery (PCA) |
| Cortical blindness from bilateral involvement | Posterior Cerebral Artery (PCA) |
| Loss of conciousness | Vertebral-basilar artery |
| Hemiplegia or tetraplegia | Vertebral-basilar artery |
| Comotose or vegetative state | Vertebral-basilar artery |
| Inability to speak | Vertebral-basilar artery |
| Locked-In Syndrome | Vertebral-basilar artery |
| Vertigo | Vertebral-basilar artery |
| Nystagmus | Vertebral-basilar artery |
| Dysphagia | Vertebral-basilar artery |
| Dysarthria | Vertebral-basilar artery |
| Syncope | Vertebral-basilar artery |
| Ataxia | Vertebral-basilar artery |
| Broca's aphasia | Middle Cerebral Artery (MCA) |
| Global aphasia | Middle Cerebral Artery (MCA) |
| Incontinence | Anterior Cerebral Artery (ACA) |
| Wallenberg Syndrome | Vertebral-basilar artery |