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Thrombosis of the basilar artery causes “locked-in syndrome,” where the patient is aware but cannot move or communicate, except by blinking. However, basilar artery infarctions usually involve its paramedian branches, leading to ischemia of the medial basis pontis and tegmentum, resulting in contralateral face-arm-leg weakness, dysarthria, or contralateral ataxia.