Attention Deficits Following Adem Relieved by Guanfacine

Abstract

Neuroscientists at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, London, UK report the case of a 38-year-old male with severe deficits in arousal and sustained attention, associated with hemispatial neglect, secondary to acute disseminated encephalomyelitis.

Keywords

• noradrenergic agonist guanfacine
• attention and spatial neglect
• attention and arousal