Garrard, P., Bradshaw, D., Jager, H., Thompson, A., Losseff, N. and Playford, E. Diane (2002) Cognitive dysfunction after isolated brain stem insult. An underdiagnosed cause of long term morbidity. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 73 (2). pp. 191-194. doi:10.1136/jnnp.73.2.191 ISSN 0022-3050.

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Abstract

Cognitive dysfunction adversely influences long term outcome after cerebral insult, but the potential for brain stem lesions to produce cognitive as well as physical impairments is not widely recognised. This report describes a series of seven consecutive patients referred to a neurological rehabilitation unit with lesions limited to brain stem structures, all of whom were shown to exhibit deficits in at least one domain of cognition. The practical importance of recognising cognitive dysfunction in this group of patients, and the theoretical significance of the disruption of specific cognitive domains by lesions to distributed neural circuits, are discussed.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Divisions:	Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences > Social Science & Systems in Health (SSSH) Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School
Journal or Publication Title:	Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry
Publisher:	B M J Group
ISSN:	0022-3050
Official Date:	2002
Dates:	Date Event 2002 Published
Volume:	73
Number:	2
Page Range:	pp. 191-194
DOI:	10.1136/jnnp.73.2.191
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
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