The Behavioral and Cognitive Neurology of Stroke - 9781107015579

Godefroy (neurology, Amiens U. Hospital, France) assembles 32 chapters that demonstrate the diagnosis and management of behavioral and cognitive problems in patients with stroke, for neuroscientists, neuropsychologists, neurorehabilitationists, therapists, and other clinicians. Neurologists, neuroscientists, neuropsychologists, and others from the US, Europe, Canada, and Australia provide basic information on the main brain functions and brain disorders in light of recent developments in brain neurosciences and review the disorders observed in stroke patients, including the hyperacute phase; their relationships with stroke mechanisms; and their assessment and management, including validated tests. They cover vascular cognitive development; cognitive and behavioral disorders according to stroke site and side; motor and gestural disorders; aphasic, arthric, calculation, and auditory disorders; hemineglect, Anton-Babinski, and right hemisphere syndromes; visual agnosia and Bálint syndrome; executive and memory disorders; behavioral and mood disorders; and dementia and the management of vascular cognitive impairment. Updated, this edition adds five new chapters. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)