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Alien Hand Syndrome

Known as: Hand Syndromes, Anarchic, Hand Syndromes, Alien, Alien Hand Syndromes 
An apraxia characterized by the affected limb having involuntary, autonomous, and purposeful behaviors that are perceived as being controlled by an… 
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
The Coffee Challenge: A new method for the study of everyday action errors
Errors in everyday activities pose significant consequences for individuals with mild cognitive deficits. However, there are few… 
2004
2004
Alien hand syndrome.
In Stanley Kubrick's movie Dr Strangelove, the main character is described as "erratic" and displays a bizarre movement disorder… 
2002
2002
Isolated corpus callosal infarction secondary to pericallosal artery disease presenting as alien hand syndrome
Two patients are described with the callosal type of alien hand syndrome. Both presented with abnormal feelings in the left upper… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Subjective experience, involuntary movement, and posterior alien hand syndrome
The alien hand syndrome, as originally defined, was used to describe cases involving anterior corpus callosal lesions producing… 
Review
1998
Review
1998
Sensory alien hand syndrome: case report and review of the literature
An 81 year old right handed woman developed a left alien hand syndrome characterised by involuntary movements of choking and… 
1995
1995
Alien hand syndrome without a corpus callosum lesion.
A 58 year old right handed woman developed a left alien hand syndrome after a right capsulothalamic haemorrhage with… 
1993
1993
Paroxysmal alien hand syndrome.
Four patients are described who presented with a paroxysmal form of the alien hand syndrome. Two patients with damage to one… 
1993
1993
How many alien hand syndromes' Follow‐up of a case
We report the follow-up of a patient affected by a persistent alien left nondominant hand. CT and MRI showed an ischemic lesion… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Opticosensory ataxia and alien hand syndrome after posterior cerebral artery territory infarction
A right-handed woman developed left homonymous hemianopia and left hemianesthesia from infarction due to right posterior cerebral… 
1981
1981
Mechanisms of maternal ‘labelling’ in goats
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