AANS Beyond 2021: Scientific Papers Collection-A Connectivity Model of the Anatomic Substrates Underlying Gerstmann Syndrome

A Connectivity Model of the Anatomic Substrates Underlying Gerstmann Syndrome

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In this video, Nicholas Sedario, a medical student at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, presents a connectivity model underlying Gerstmann syndrome. The syndrome is characterized by deficits in writing, calculation, left-right disorientation, and finger agnosia. Sedario discusses the historical background of Gerstmann syndrome and the challenges in studying it due to the rarity of reported cases. He then describes the methodology used in the study, including literature search, meta-analytic methodology, and machine learning techniques. The results suggest the involvement of a frontal parietal network and the superior longitudinal fasciculus in the syndrome. The findings highlight the importance of connectomic data and tractography in surgical decision-making.

Keywords

Gerstmann syndrome

connectivity model

deficits

frontal parietal network

surgical decision-making