Katarzyna Kucharska
Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, 9 Sobieski 02-957 Warsaw,
Poland
Case Report
Psychological and Physiological Changes in Cognitive Functioning in
Thalamic Lesion throughout the Rehabilitation Process
Author(s): Katarzyna Kucharska, Ewelina Wilkos, Roman Stefanski, Grzegorz Makowicz, Danuta Ryglewicz, Ksenia Slawinska and Ewa Piatkowska-JankoKatarzyna Kucharska, Ewelina Wilkos, Roman Stefanski, Grzegorz Makowicz, Danuta Ryglewicz, Ksenia Slawinska and Ewa Piatkowska-Janko
Aim: The aim of the study was to assess psychological and physiological changes in cognitive functioning of a thalamic-damaged patient who underwent a stroke rehabilitation program which involved treatment as usual (TAU) combined with a computer-based Neurocognitive Training (NT). Additionally, the healthy control (HC) group (n=13) was recruited to assess neural circuitry including thalamic involvement in comparison to a patient in acute thalamic stroke who underwent the same scanning procedure before implementation of NT.
Methods: The patient (initials B.D.) was examined at three weeks after the ischemic stroke localized in left tuberothalamic territory. HCs and B.D. were evaluated using various cognitive measures and clinical scales. The computer-based NT was delivered individually on.. View More»
