Lewis Nucleus Syndrome

Lewis nucleus syndrome, or Hemiballus syndrome, refers to a group of neurological disorders associated with impaired movement and muscle control. The name of the syndrome refers to the impaired control of the muscles on either side of the brain stem - such control is necessary to produce basic body movements, as well as some eye movements. This syndrome is also called "frontal nucleus syndrome". It can have many causes, including various neurogenetic diseases, brain injuries, infections and other medical problems. In this article we will talk about the causes and symptoms of Lewis nucleus syndrome.

First of all, I would like to say that Lewis nucleus syndrome is one of the manifestations of a group of diseases united by the term “pyramidal current”, or “neurodegenerative diseases”. Hemiballismus syndrome is a paralysis of the muscles of the tongue, and the muscles of both hemispheres of the brain. That is, a person completely controls the work of the muscles, but cannot subordinate them.

Evidence of Lewis syndrome was first described in 1985 by British neurologist Lewis. It was he who identified the clinical signs of this disease. Lewis syndrome is often compared to progressive cerebellar ataxia, in which multiple severe lesions of the subcortical nuclei of the brain stem develop. But Lewis disease does not have specific signs of the cerebellum, such as pathologies of Wernicke's pyramids. Lewis syndrome develops due to the death of nigronovstriocerebellar