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Frontal Lobe

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Frontal Lobe, Cerebral Frontal Lobe, Frontal Lobe Function

  • History
  • Findings of pathology (e.g. Tumor)
  1. Personality change
  2. Expressive Aphasia
  1. Dementia
  2. Personality change
  3. Gait disturbance
  4. Generalized Seizures or Focal Seizures
  5. Expressive Aphasia
  6. Newton (1994) Am Fam Physician 49(4): 787-97 [PubMed]
  • Exam
  • Normal findings
  1. Points finger each time examiner makes fist
  2. Makes fist when examiner points