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| ArticleTitle | Higher Brain Function in Patients with Subarachnoid Hemorrhage |
| Language | J |
| AuthorList | Toru Itakura1), Hiroki Nishibayashi1), Aki Shintani1), Shinichiro Maeshima2), Aiko Oosawa3) |
| Affiliation |
1) Department of Neurological Surgery, Wakayama Medical University 2) Graduate School of Sensory Science, Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare 3) Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Kawasaki Medical University |
| Publication | Japanese Journal of Neuropsychology: 20 (3), 213-220, 2004 |
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| Accepted | |
| Abstract | The authors review characteristics of subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) and disturbance of higher brain function in this disorder. SAH results from rupture of cerebral aneurysm. Patients show sudden severe headache and vomiting without neurological deficits. However, complications such as cerebral vasospasm and normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) may occur after SAH in the patients. Cerebral vasospasm results in brain ischemia presenting symptoms in cerebral infarction. Patients presenting NPH may show dementia, gait disturbance and urinary incontinence, which dramatically improve after shunt operation. Dementia in NPH is characterized by memory disturbance and abulia. |
| Keywords | subarachnoid hemorrhage, aphasia, normal pressure hydrocephalus, cerebral vasospasm |
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