Stroke, cognitive deficits, and rehabilitation: Still an incomplete picture

International Journal of Stroke

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 38-45

  Cumming, Toby B ^a   Marshall, Randolph S ^b   Lazar, Ronald M ^b  

^a FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular disease; Cognitive impairment; Neuropsychology; Rehabilitation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ESCITALOPRAM; RIVASTIGMINE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATAXIC APHASIA; ATTENTION; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPISODIC MEMORY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EXERCISE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MOTOR COORDINATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; REHABILITATION CARE; REVIEW; SEMANTIC MEMORY; STROKE PATIENT; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SURVIVOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL MEMORY; WHITE MATTER; WORKING MEMORY;

APHASIA; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; STROKE;

EID: 84871688685     PISSN: 17474930     EISSN: 17474949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-4949.2012.00972.x     Document Type: Review

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