Memory Loss After Stroke
Fig. 9.1 The distinctions in long-term memory that are relevant to stroke and the primary supporting neural structures Within long-term memory, there are further divisions (see previous Definitions of Memory…
Stroke Epidemiology, Etiology, and Background
Country Age-adjusted mortality rate per 100,000 per year Canada 25.7 USA 30.4 Australia 32.6 United Kingdom 45.6 Kyrgyzstan 249.4 India 108 China 156.5 Russian Federation 228 South Africa 141.1 Nigeria…
Cognitive Rehabilitation and Recovery After Stroke
Australia a) All patients should be screened for cognitive and perceptual deficits using validated and reliable screening tools. b) Patients identified during screening as having cognitive deficits should be referred…
Post-stroke Aphasia
Fig. 6.1 Algorithm for different types of aphasia based on repetition ability coupled with performance on fluency in spontaneous speech and auditory comprehension. Adapted from [61] Six of the eight…
Behavior After Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Cognition and Functional Outcome
Fig. 10.1 (a) aSAH secondary to anterior communicating artery aneurysm rupture. Note the characteristic accumulation of blood in the basal cisterns. (b) CT angiography illustrates the anterior communicating artery aneurysm…
Limb Apraxia: Types, Neural Correlates, and Implications for Clinical Assessment and Function in Daily Living
Fig. 4.1 Focus of interest is on the voxel-based lesion—symptom mapping on the stroke patients showing the relationship between brain lesions and pantomime performance. Configural-spatial errors were linked to lesions…
Clinical Outcomes, Stroke Trials, and Cognitive Outcome
Measure Abbreviation Overview Time to administer Strengths Weaknesses Modified Rankin Scale mRS Degree of handicap is assigned on a scale depending on how severely affected activities of daily living are…
Better Dead than Alive? Quality of Life After Stroke
Tom A. Schweizer and R. Loch Macdonald (eds.)The Behavioral Consequences of Stroke201310.1007/978-1-4614-7672-6_13© Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014 13. Better Dead than Alive? Quality of Life After Stroke Thomas Schenk1 and Adam J. Noble2 (1) Department of Neurology,…
Post-stroke Depression
56. Kishi Y, Kosier JT, Robinson RG. Suicidal plans in patients with acute stroke. J Nerv Ment Dis. 1996;184(5):274–80.PubMedCrossRef 57. Pohjasvaara T, Vataja R, Leppavuori A, Kaste M, Erkinjuntti T….
Sensorimotor Control After Stroke
Fig. 3.1 Patient 1 (a) T1-weighted MRI scan illustrating the lesion location (white arrow) in the right ventroposterolateral (VPL) nucleus, 3 months post-stroke. Image location is 5 mm above the…
