UNCONVENTIONAL AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS AND EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS AFTER STROKE IN THE ELDERLY

• Published in: Archives of gerontology and geriatrics Vol. 38; no. 9; pp. 315 - 323
• Main Authors: PIAMARTA, F., IURLARO, S., ISELLA, V., ATZENI, L., GRIMALDI, M., RUSSO, A., FORAPANI, E., APPOLLONIO, I.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ireland Elsevier Ireland Ltd 2004
• Subjects: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Brain - diagnostic imaging; Brain - pathology; Brain - physiopathology; Cognition Disorders - diagnosis; Cognition Disorders - epidemiology; Cognition Disorders - etiology; Female; Functional Laterality - physiology; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Middle Aged; Mood Disorders - diagnosis; Mood Disorders - epidemiology; Mood Disorders - etiology; Neuropsychological Tests; Severity of Illness Index; Stroke - complications; Stroke - diagnosis; Stroke - physiopathology; Surveys and Questionnaires; Tomography, X-Ray Computed

In the present study we assessed the presence and severity of unconventional affective symptoms (apathy, anhedonia and emotional lability) and depression in 33 elderly patients with first ever stroke and evidence of a single supratentorial lesion at neuroimaging. Patients were submitted to neurologi...