PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Kao, C.-D.
AU  - Guo, W.-Y.
AU  - Chen, J.-T.
AU  - Wu, Z.-A.
AU  - Liao, K.-K.
TI  - MR Findings of Decerebrate Rigidity with Preservation of Consciousness
DP  - 2006 May 01
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
PG  - 1074--1075
VI  - 27
IP  - 5
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/27/5/1074.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/27/5/1074.full
SO  - Am. J. Neuroradiol.2006 May 01; 27
AB  - SUMMARY: We describe a case of decerebrate rigidity, with preservation of consciousness, caused by a discrete pontine tegmentum lesion identified on MR imaging. Lesions within a certain brain stem region are responsible for decerebrate rigidity in animal studies, but there has been a lack of MR imaging evidence in humans. This report also implies that a discrete lesion was responsible for the decerebrate rigidity, while consciousness was preserved.