Charcot-Wilbrand syndrome
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Charcot-Wilbrand Syndrome consists of visual agnosia and loss of ability to revisualize images. It can also be associated with occlusion of the posterior cerebral artery (PCA) of the dominant cerebral hemisphere.[1] The brain is the generator of dreams. When a person does not dream, it means that certain part of the brain has been damaged. This rare disturbance is called the Charcot-Wilbrand syndrome or simply the loss of the ability to dream. The name is derived from the two neurologists, Jean-Maritn Charcot, and Hermann Wilbrand, who first described it in the 1880s. The syndrome is quite rare, especially those cases wherein there’s a lack of symptoms other than dream loss.
References
- ^ de Groot, J. (1986). Joseph G. Chusid. ed (in English). Correlative Neuroanatomy and Functional Neurology. United States of America: Appleton & Lange. pp. 476. ISBN 0870410148.
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