title: Effect of cognitive rehabilitation in a case of thalamic astrocytoma.
abstract: We describe the effectiveness of rehabilitative training for a neuropsychological deficit following the removal and treatment of a fibrillary astrocytoma (Grade II) in a young man. The rehabilitative training was based on cognitive and motivational techniques and has been carried out for a period of 3 months (2 times per week). The results, even if limited to a single case, seem to support the idea that cognitive rehabilitation should facilitate the brain's reorganization of basic cognitive functions in the neuro-oncologic field.
authors.affiliation: a IRCCS Centro Neurolesi "Bonino Pulejo" , Messina , Italy.
authors.forename: Viviana
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Lo Buono
authors.affiliation: a IRCCS Centro Neurolesi "Bonino Pulejo" , Messina , Italy.
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Corallo
authors.affiliation: a IRCCS Centro Neurolesi "Bonino Pulejo" , Messina , Italy.
authors.forename: Maria Cristina
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: De Cola
authors.affiliation: a IRCCS Centro Neurolesi "Bonino Pulejo" , Messina , Italy.
authors.forename: Antonino
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chillemi
authors.affiliation: a IRCCS Centro Neurolesi "Bonino Pulejo" , Messina , Italy.
authors.forename: Rosario
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Grugno
authors.affiliation: a IRCCS Centro Neurolesi "Bonino Pulejo" , Messina , Italy.
authors.forename: Placido
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bramanti
authors.affiliation: a IRCCS Centro Neurolesi "Bonino Pulejo" , Messina , Italy.|b Department of Biomedical Sciences and Morphological and Functional Imaging , University of Messina , Messina , Italy.
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Marino
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000523:psychology*; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D015173:Supratentorial Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000523:psychology*; D013788:Thalamus / Q000473:pathology*
keywords: Astrocytoma; cognitive deficit; depression; neuropsychological rehabilitation; thalamus