Mapping of the attention system in patients with acute neglect

Background: In patients with neglect after stroke, the highest dynamic of recovery can often be observed in the first days after onset. However, the few studies, which examined neglect patients, were done in the subacute and chronic stage after stroke. This fMRI study set out to examine patients with acute neglect after a right hemisphere stroke to detect early mechanisms of recovery within the attention system. Subjects and methods: To date, we examined 9 healthy control subjects (3 male, mean age 29) and 4 patients with neglect (4 male, 69). Patients were comprehensively examined using a multimodal neglect-cen…