Psychosocial and neuropsychological outcomes in two high-functioning males 20 years after traumatic brain injury

Autor:	Pete Smith, Simon Vogrin, Fiona J. Bardenhagen, Stephen C. Bowden, Steven J. Collins, Mark J. Cook, Vanessa McKay, Robert B. Shields
Rok vydání:	1999
Předmět:	Planning medicine.medical_specialty Rehabilitation Working memory Traumatic brain injury medicine.medical_treatment Head injury Neuropsychology Audiology medicine.disease Mood Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) medicine Neurology (clinical) Psychology Psychiatry Prefrontal cortex
Zdroj:	Neurocase. 5:325-343
ISSN:	1465-3656 1355-4794
Popis:	Researchers have emphasized a need for ongoing rehabilitation and support for individuals with traumatic brain injury FBI), yet there are few detailed descriptions of long-term outcome, and many people with long-standing TBI do not or cannot access support services. HB and NL, two men who sustained severe TBI, presented for neuropsychological consultation for the first time more than 20 years post-injury. Referral was prompted by significant mood and relationship disturbances, and ongoing mnemonic and cognitive symptoms. Structural imaging showed a very large lesion involving the orbitofrontal and dorsolateral regions of NL's left frontal lobe, while HB had a smaller lesion involving cortical and subcortical matter in the dorsolateral region of the left frontal lobe. Results from a range of neuropsychological tests indicated residual weakness in memory and variable impairments on two experimental tests of prefrontal working memory: Delayed Alternation and Object Alternation. The Minnesota Multiph...
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