Stroke Locations

ACA

loss of feeling in lower limbs

ACA

hemiplegia, loss of motor in lower limbs, urinary incontinence

ACA

Flat affect, impulsiveness, perseveration, confusion

ACA

Difficulty with divergent thinking

MCA

partial loss of feeling in face and upper limbs

MCA

face and arms more affected for motor

MCA

loss of half of the vision field

MCA

right: easily distracted, left: apraxia, compulsiveness, overly cautious

MCA

right: impaired spatial relationships, left: aphasia

PCA

hemianesthesia

PCA

oculomotor nerve palsy, loss of medial deviation of eyes

PCA

cortical blindness

PCA

memory loss

PCA

difficulty reading

Basilar

bilateral sensory loss

Basilar

tetraplegia, locked in syndrome, decorticate and decerebrate rigidity

Basilar

heart rate regulation, breathing, sympathetic controls impaired

Basilar

reduced consciousness, coma