PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Li, Korina AU - Malhotra, Paresh A TI - Spatial neglect AID - 10.1136/practneurol-2015-001115 DP - 2015 Oct 01 TA - Practical Neurology PG - 333--339 VI - 15 IP - 5 4099 - http://pn.bmj.com/content/15/5/333.short 4100 - http://pn.bmj.com/content/15/5/333.full SO - Pract Neurol2015 Oct 01; 15 AB - The syndrome of visuospatial neglect is a common consequence of unilateral brain injury. It is most often associated with stroke and is more severe and persistent following right hemisphere damage, with reported frequencies in the acute stage of up to 80%. Neglect is primarily a disorder of attention whereby patients characteristically fail to orientate, to report or to respond to stimuli located on the contralesional side. Neglect is usually caused by large strokes in the middle cerebral artery territory and is heterogeneous, such that most patients do not manifest every feature of the syndrome. A number of treatments may improve neglect, but there is no widely accepted universal approach to therapy. Although most patients recover spontaneously, the evidence suggests that they continue to have significant cognitive impairments, particularly relating to attention.