DECORTICATE AND DECEREBRATE LESIONS

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zaidsuror
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02/20/06 - 06:11 AM

How do u distinguish between the two??

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03/04/06 - 10:52 AM

Decorticate- flexio of upper limbs and extension of lower limbs

Decerebrate- extension of both upper and lower limbs

second is worse.

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drbin
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03/04/06 - 10:22 PM

both seen in UMN lesions. decorticate above midbrain decerebrate below midbrain

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