Frontal and Temporal Cortices of Both Hemispheres Participate in Relationship Between Autonomic and Cognitive Functions in Patients with Vascular Encephalopathy

Since the middle of the 19th century it has been recognized that several higher cognitive functions, including language, are lateralized in cerebral cortex. Recently a /INS;different influence of left and right hemispheres on autonomic functions was demonstrated (Craig, 2005).