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Alien Hand Syndrome

Archives of Neurology, 2004
In Stanley Kubrick's movie Dr Strangelove, the main character is described as "erratic" and displays a bizarre movement disorder. His right hand seems to be driven by a will of its own, at times clutching his own throat and at other times raising into a Nazi salute. Dr Strangelove must try to restrain this wayward limb with his left hand.
I, Biran, A, Chatterjee
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Alien Hand Syndrome

Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports, 2016
Alien hand syndrome (AHS) is a rare disorder of involuntary limb movement together with a sense of loss of limb ownership. It most commonly affects the hand, but can occur in the leg. The anterior (frontal, callosal) and posterior variants are recognized, with distinguishing clinical features and anatomical lesions. Initial descriptions were attributed
Anhar, Hassan, Keith A, Josephs
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Alien hand syndrome, a rare presentation of corpus callosum and cingulate infarction.

Journal of Neurological Sciences, 2023
Alien hand syndrome (AHS) is a rare apraxia syndrome, characterized by involuntary and uncontrollable movements of one upper limb, often accompanied by intermanual conflict.
Yiming Ma, Ye Liu, Xuejing Yan, O. Yi
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Two alien hand syndromes

Neurology, 1992
Review of the clinical characteristics and neuroanatomy of 20 reported cases of alien hand syndrome (AHS) and a patient of our own confirm that AHS is actually two distinct syndromes. Frontal AHS occurs in the dominant hand; is associated with reflexive grasping, groping, and compulsive manipulation of tools; and results from damage to the ...
T E, Feinberg   +3 more
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The alien hand syndrome: What makes the alien hand alien?

Cognitive Neuropsychology, 2006
The alien hand syndrome is a deeply puzzling phenomenon in which brain-damaged patients experience their limb performing seemingly purposeful acts without their intention. Furthermore, the limb may interfere with the actions of their normal limb. We report a case of alien hand syndrome following a left medial frontal and corpus callosum ischemic lesion.
Iftah, Biran   +3 more
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Alien-hand syndrome with mirror movements in hereditary diffuse leukoencephalopathy with spheroids

Practical Neurology, 2022
Hereditary diffuse leukoencephalopathy with spheroids is a rare genetic disorder caused by mutations of the colony-stimulating factor 1 receptor gene.
N. Dongre   +3 more
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Alien Hand Syndrome in Parry-Romberg Syndrome

Pediatric Neurology, 2010
A pediatric patient with diagnosis of Parry-Romberg syndrome, or progressive hemifacial atrophy, presented with new-onset unilateral alien hand syndrome, which was attributed to focal progressive atrophy and gliosis in the contralateral thalamus observed on serial neuroimaging.
Toshiki, Takenouchi, Gail E, Solomon
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Sleep disorder in alien hand syndrome

Sleep Medicine, 2003
A 63-year-old right-handed woman developed an alien hand syndrome (AHS) after an acute infarction in the territory of the left anterior cerebral artery. The uncontrolled hand movements were present during the daytime and eventually disturbed sleep. Polysomnography revealed that these motor actions only appeared when the patient was awake.
J J, Ortega-Albás   +4 more
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