Neuropsychological and neuropsychiatric findings in right hemisphere damaged patients.
We evaluated 46 patients with right hemisphere strokes for unilateral spatial neglect (USN), anosognosia, hemiasomatognosia, extinction, constructional disturbance, motor impersistence and organic mental syndrome. High correlations were found among the incidences of USN, anosognosia, hemiasomatognosia, extinction, motor impersistence and constructional disturbance. USN, hemiasomatognosia, motor impersistence, constructional disturbance and anosognosia tended to occur with large lesions. Organic personality syndrome was frequent (33%) and was more often associated with USN, anosognosia, hemiasomatognosia, extinction, constructional disturbance and motor impersistence than other psychiatric symptoms.
Motomura
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Department of Neuropsychiatry, Osaka Medical College, Takatsuki, Japan.
Sawada
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Inoue
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Asaba
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Sakai
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000377:Agnosia / Q000523:psychology; D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000523:psychology*; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000523:psychology; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011597:Psychomotor Performance