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NEUROLOGY 1984;34:904
© 1984 American Academy of Neurology

Hemispheric control of the writing hand

The effect of callosotomy in a left-hander

Raquel E. Gur, MD, PhD, Ruben C. Gur, PhD, Neil M. Sussman, MD, Michael J. O'Connor, MD and Marguerite M. Vey, MA

From the Departments of Neurology (all authors), Psychiatry (Dr. Gur), and Neurosurgery (Dr. O'Connor), the Graduate Hospital and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA.

Article abstract-We report a case of a left-hander with left hemispheric language. After callosotomy, he could use the left hand to write only random letters and digits, and he became right-handed for writing. Therefore, writing by left handers with left hemispheric language dominance may be accomplished by transcallosal transmission of the linguistic content from the left hemisphere to the right.

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Gur, 202 Piersol Building/GI, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104.

Supported by NIMH Grant 30456 and the Spencer Foundation.

Presented in part at the thirty-fourth annual meeting of the American Academy nf Neurology, Washington. DC, April 1982.

Accepted for publication November 18, 1983.




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