Talk:Ventral lateral nucleus

Its of interest to note, and should probably be added to this page, that recent research (24 Sep 2007, published online) reported small stroke-induced lesions to the right ventrolateral nucleus of the thalamus (VL) produced contralesional sensory processing deficits (i.e. synestehsia). in a 36-year-old, right-handed female subject. Specifically, the subject suffered a lacunar infarct to the right VL. She reported no form of synesthesia prior to the infarct. It should be noted, however, that this case of lesion induced synesthesia differs from that of developmental forms of the disorder. According to the researchers, developmental forms are typically more complex than what was observed in this acquired synesthete.

Citation:

AU: Tony Ro, Alessandro FarnË, Ruth M. Johnson, Van Wedeen, Zili Chu, Zhiyue J. Wang, Jill V. Hunter, Michael S. Beauchamp TI: Feeling sounds after a thalamic lesion SO: Annals of Neurology VL: 9999 NO: 9999 PG: NA YR: 2007 CP: Copyright © 2007 American Neurological Association ON: 1531-8249 PN: 0364-5134 AD: Department of Psychology, Rice University, Houston, TX; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX; Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche MÈdicale, U864, Espace et Action, Bron, France; Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; Department of Radiology, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital, University of Texas Health Science Center-Houston, Houston, TX; Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, University of Texas Health Science Center-Houston, Houston, TX DOI: 10.1002/ana.21219 US: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ana.21219

Thescarletabyss 23:19, 28 September 2007 (UTC)