Transient high altitude neurological dysfunction: an origin in the temporoparietal cortex.

@article{Firth2004TransientHA,
  title={Transient high altitude neurological dysfunction: an origin in the temporoparietal cortex.},
  author={Paul G Firth and Hayrunnisa Bolay},
  journal={High altitude medicine \& biology},
  year={2004},
  volume={5 1},
  pages={
          71-5
        }
}
  • P. Firth, H. Bolay
  • Published 6 July 2004
  • Psychology, Biology
  • High altitude medicine & biology
This case report describes three separate episodes of isolated ataxia, hallucinations of being accompanied by another person, and bilateral dressing apraxia occurring in a single individual without prior warning signs. These symptoms are attributable to disruption of vestibular processing in the temporoparietal cortex or associated limbic structures. Neurological dysfunction at high altitude is usually ascribed to high altitude cerebral edema or acute mountain sickness. However, transient… 
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