Sensorium & brain (lesions)

Mental status examination

ascending reticular activating system

consciousness & attention span to some degree co-localize thru?

• middle temporal lobe

• hippocampal-fornix-mamillary body circuit

• basal forebrain

• diffuse cortical/white matter lesions

lesions for recent memory and orientation to person, time, & place

left angular gyrus region

calculation

frontal lobes

insight, judgement,