Name Locked-in Syndrome 16 . Quadriplegia due to bilateral corticospinal tract involvement 2. Aphonia due to corticobulbar tract involvement to lower cranial nerve nuclei 3.
Reticular formation is spared, so the patient is typically fully awake.
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