Brainstem function
A stroke affecting the brain stem is potentially life threatening
since this area of the brain controls functions such as breathing
and instructing the heart to beat. Brain stem stroke may also cause
double vision, nausea and loss of coordination.
Review Date: 9/16/2008
Reviewed By: Daniel B. Hoch, PhD, MD, Assistant Professor of
Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Department of Neurology,
Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by by David Zieve,
MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
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