TY - JOUR T1 - MR Findings of Decerebrate Rigidity with Preservation of Consciousness JF - American Journal of Neuroradiology JO - Am. J. Neuroradiol. SP - 1074 LP - 1075 VL - 27 IS - 5 AU - C.-D. Kao AU - W.-Y. Guo AU - J.-T. Chen AU - Z.-A. Wu AU - K.-K. Liao Y1 - 2006/05/01 UR - http://www.ajnr.org/content/27/5/1074.abstract N2 - 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. ER -