NPTE 5: Blood Supply to the Brain & Expected Impairments

anterior frontal lobe

ACA (B)

medial surface of frontal and parietal lobes

ACA (B)

contralateral LE motor and sensory involvement

ACA (I)

loss of bowel and bladder control

ACA (I)

loss of behavioral inhibition

ACA (I)

significant mental changes

ACA (I)

neglect

ACA (I)

aphasia

ACA (I)

apraxia & agraphia

ACA (I)

perseveration

ACA (I)

akinetic mutism with significant bilateral involvement

ACA (I)

most of outer cerebrum

MCA (B)

basal ganglia

MCA (B)

posterior and anterior internal capsule

MCA (B)

putamen

MCA (B)

pallidum

MCA (B)

lentiform nucleus

MCA (B)

most common site of CVA

MCA (I)

Wernicke’s aphasia (dom hemisphere)

MCA (I)

homonymous hemianopsia

MCA, PCA (I)

apraxia

MCA (I)

flat affect with R hemisphere damage

MCA (I)

contralateral weakness and sensory loss of face and UE with lesser involvement in LE

MCA (I)

impaired spatial relations

MCA (I)

anosognosia (non-dominant hemisphere)

MCA (I)

impaired body schema

MCA (I)

portion of midbrain

PCA (B)

subthalamic nucleus

PCA (B)

basal nucleus

PCA (B)

thalamus

PCA (B)

inferior temporal lobe

PCA (B)

occipital and occipitoparietal cortices

PCA (B)

contralateral pain and temperature sensory loss

PCA (I)

contralateral hemiplegia (central area), mild hemiparesis

PCA (I)

ataxia, athetosis, or choreiform movement

PCA (I)

impaired movement quality

PCA (I)

thalamic pain syndrome

PCA (I)

anomia

PCA (I)

prosopagnosia (with occipital infarct)

PCA (I)

hemiballismus

PCA (I)

visual agnosia

PCA (I)

memory impairment

PCA (I)

alexia, dyslexia

PCA (I)

cortical blindness from bilateral involvement

PCA (I)

lateral aspect of pons and midbrain together with superior surface of cerebellum

VBA (B)

cerebellum

VBA (B) (branches: posterior inferior cerebellar, anterior inferior cerebellar, superior cerebellar)

medulla

VBA (B) (posterior inferior cerebellar)

pons

VBA (B) (branches)

midbrain & thalamus

VBA (B) (posterior cerebral)

occipital cortex

VBA, PCA (B) (posterior cerebral, basilar)

loss of consciousness

VBA (I)

hemiplegia or tetraplegia

VBA (I)

comatose or vegetative state

VBA (I)

inability to speak

VBA (I)

locked-in syndrome

VBA (I)

vertigo

VBA (I)

nystagmus

VBA (I)

dysphagia

VBA (I)

dysarthria

VBA (I)

syncope

VBA (I)

ataxia

VBA (I)