The Behavioral Consequences of Stroke

ABOUT THIS BOOK

· Comprehensive title in a rapidly evolving field of research
· Written by an international panel of authorities in the field
· Sheds new light on aspects of critical care stroke treatment, imaging and diagnosis, in-patient treatment, and full range of post-care issues

A comprehensive, state-of-the-art contribution to a field that is rapidly developing, The Behavioral Consequences of Stroke provides a broad overview of the cognitive and neurobehavioral effects of stroke. As attention to paralysis and the more obvious physical disabilities stroke patients incur expands, greater attention is being paid today to the cognitive and neurobehavioral complications that impact stroke morbidity and even functional neurological recovery in patients. Written by an international panel of experts and edited by a neurosurgeon and by a cognitive neuroscientist, this unique title addresses the full range of issues relevant to the field, including epidemiology, general treatment, sensorimotor control after stroke, post-stroke aphasia, memory loss after stroke, post-stroke depression, the role of imaging after a stroke, and an update on some stroke clinical trials, to name just some of the areas covered.

Illuminative and an influential addition to the literature, The Behavioral Consequences of Strokewill serve as an invaluable resource for neurologists, neurosurgeons, physiatrists and other physicians, as well as physical, speech and occupational therapists, nurses, psychologists, and other professionals.

Content Level » Professional/practitioner
Keywords » Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage - Apraxia - Brain injury - Brain stem -Cerebellum - Dementia - Functional neuroimaging - Intracerebral hemorrhage - Left hemisphere- Memory - Neglect - Neural substrates - Neurobehavioral assessment - Neurobehavioral rehabilitation - Neurocognitive - Neurocognitive outcome - Neuroimaging - Post Stroke depression - Quality of life and stroke - Right hemisphere - Sensorimotor control - Stroke - Stroke recovery - Stroke trials - Vasculitis - Vasospasm
Related subjects » Critical Care & Emergency Medicine - Internal Medicine - Medicine -Neurology - Neuroscience - Surgery

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Stroke Epidemiology, Etiology, and Background
Deven Reddy and Robert G. Hart

2. Treatment of Stroke
Douglas J. Cook and Michael Tymianski

3. Sensorimotor Control after Stroke
W. Richard Staines, David A. E. Bolton, and William E. McIlroy

4. Limb Apraxia: Types, Neural Correlates, and Implications for Clinical Assessment and Function in Daily Living
Eric A. Roy, Sandra E. Black, Vessela Stamenova, Deborah Hebert, and David Gonzalez

5. Spatial Neglect: Not Simply Disordered Attention
James Danckert

6. Post-Stroke Aphasia
Marcelo L. Berthier, Guadalupe Dávila, Natalia García-Casares, and Ignacio Moreno-Torres

7. Disorders of Emotional Communication after Stroke
Kenneth M. Heilman

8. Dysexecutive Syndrome after Stroke
Olivier Godefroy, Pierre Yves Garcia, Jean Marc Bugnicourt, Claire Leclercq, and Martine Roussel

9. Memory Loss after Stroke
Signy Sheldon and Gordon Winocur

10. Behavior after Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Cognition and Functional Outcome
Timour Al-Khindi, R. Loch Macdonald, Stephan Mayer, and Tom A. Schweizer

11. Cognitive Dysfunction after Intracerebral Hemorrhage, Vasculitis, and Other Stroke Syndromes
Eric E. Smith and José Andrés Venegas-Torres

12. Post-Stroke Depression
Bradleigh D. Hayhow, Simone Brockman, and Sergio E. Starkstein

13. Better Dead than Alive? Quality of Life after Stroke
Thomas Schenk and Adam J. Noble

14. MRI Methods Applied to Stroke
Bradley J. MacIntosh and Simon J. Graham

15. Clinical Outcomes, Stroke Trials, and Cognitive Outcome
Benjamin W. Y. Lo, Filip Stojic, Julian Spears, Tom A. Schweizer, and R. Loch Macdonald

16. Cognitive Rehabilitation and Recovery after Stroke
Audrey Bowen and Emma Patchick

AUTHORS & EDITORS

Tom A. Schweizer, PhD
St. Michael’s Hospital, Neuroscience Research Program, University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine, Division of Neurosurgery, Toronto, ON, Canada

R. Loch Macdonald, MD, PhD
St. Michael’s Hospital, Division of Neurosurgery, University of Toronto, Department of Surgery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada