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Primitive reflexes in cerebrovascular disease
— a community study of older people with stroke and carotid stenosis | | Author(s) | Rahul Rao, Stephen Jackson, Robert Howard |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 14, no 11, November 1999 |
| Pages | pp 964-972 |
| Keywords | Cerebrovascular diseases ; Stroke ; Heart disease ; Mental clarity ; Cognitive impairment ; Depression ; London. |
| Annotation | There is some awareness that cerebrovascular disease may become manifest in a neurologically "silent" manner, with resulting changes in cognitive function. The main aim of this study was to compare the prevalence of primitive reflexes (frontal release signs) in older people with cerebrovascular disease, and to examine their relationship with neuropsychological and mood-related variables. Three groups of 25 people over 65 with anterior circulation stroke, treatment ischaemic attack (TIA), and a control group were assessed using measures of generalised cognitive impairment, frontal lobe dysfunction, frontal release signs and mood-related variables. Predictors of cerebrovascular disease were examined further in stroke and TIA groups. Both stroke and TIA groups showed a higher mean score on the Frontal Release Signs Scale and a higher prevalence of most reflexes than the control group. Verbal fluency and DSM-IV depressive disorder were the only independent predictors of frontal release signs. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000114226 A |
| Classmark | CQ5: CQA: CQH: DF: E4: ENR: 82L |
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