focal neurological signs
Last reviewed 12/2022
Focal neurological signs help discriminate which part of the nervous system is affected by a lesion.
Frontal lobe signs may include:
- mental disturbance, e.g. dementia, apathy, inappropriate emotion
- epilepsy
- grasp reflex, pout and snout reflexes
- unilateral anosmia
Parietal lobe signs may include:
- sensory disturbance, agraphia, acalculia
Temporal lobe signs may include:
- loss of long and short term memory