The authors acknowledge Wouter Leemans and Helena Cockx for their help in obtaining clinical data and video material, and David Robben for his technical assistance.NOTE: All authors' disclosures must be entered and current in our database before comments can be posted. This afflicted .\r \r Patient performing the Block Design test. 'Orthopedic Surgeon'.Your organization or institution (if applicable), e.g. Warning, this is pretty creepy!
Open in new tab ), VIB Center for Brain & Disease Research, Leuven, Belgium.From the Department of Neurology (S.B.E.D., J.D.
Jelle Demeestere: conceptualization of the submission, revising the manuscript for intellectual content.The authors report no disclosures relevant to the manuscript. Later, we had arranged three of the four blocks. Video 1 illustrates involuntary limb movements of the left arm and hand that often counteract actions of the right hand.
), University Hospitals Leuven; Department of Neurosciences (J.D. ), VIB Center for Brain & Disease Research, Leuven, Belgium.NOTE: The first author must also be the corresponding author of the comment.Your role and/or occupation, e.g. A 94-year-old patient developed the alien hand syndrome in the left (nondominant) hand following an ischemic stroke of the right parietotemporal lobe (including postcentral gyrus, superior and inferior parietal lobule) due to an occlusion of the posterior division of the right middle cerebral artery.This video illustrates the rare entity of alien hand/limb syndrome, a phenomenon characterized by involuntary limb movements and a sense of loss of limb ownership.Sarah Debray: writing of the manuscript, clinical assessment, video acquisition, and editing. The patient acknowledges ownership of the affected limb but experiences a sense of loss of control and frustration. I discovered that I had alien hand syndrome in my sleep when I reviewed camera footage from my bedroom one day. 'Royal Free Hospital'.This question is for testing whether or not you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions. Enter and update disclosures at The most widely read and highly cited peer-reviewed neurology journalFrom the Department of Neurology (S.B.E.D., J.D. The hands are fighting about control of the blocks. The affected limb exhibits compulsive manipulations such as grasping and fidgeting. Go to The authors thank the patient and her family for their cooperation and informed consent. ), Experimental Neurology, KU Leuven–University of Leuven; and Laboratory of Neurobiology (J.D. ), University Hospitals Leuven; Department of Neurosciences (J.D. ), Experimental Neurology, KU Leuven–University of Leuven; and Laboratory of Neurobiology (J.D. Even after 1 min of .\r \r