A patient has right facial droop and cannot close the right eye, but forehead movement is intact. Where is the lesion?
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Correct answer: Corticobulbar tract (UMN)
Central (upper motor neuron) lesions spare the forehead because it receives bilateral cortical innervation, so a corticobulbar tract lesion produces contralateral lower-face weakness with forehead sparing.
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