The Behavioral and Cognitive Neurology of Stroke

Julien Bogousslavsky is Professor of Neurology at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. Olivier Godefroy is Professor of Neurology and chief of the Neurology Department, University Hospital of Amiens, France.

Introduction Olivier Godefroy and Julien Bogousslavsky; 1. Evaluation of cognitive and behavioral disorders in the stroke unit Asaid Khateb, Jean-Marie Annoni, Ursula Lopez, Francoise Bernasconi, Laurent Lavanchy and Julien Bogousslavsky; Motor and Gestural Disorders: 2. Abnormal movement and motor behavior Luc Defebvre and Pierre Krystokowiak; 3. Gestural apraxia F. Etcharry-Bouyx and M. Ceccaldi; Aphasia and Arthric disorders: 4. Aphasia in stroke Andrew Kertesz; 5. Acute vascular aphasia Alexandre Croquelois, Olivier Godefroy and Julien Bogousslavsky; 6. Dysarthria Pascal Auzou; 7. Alexia and agraphia Argye Hillis; 8. Acalculia and Gerstmann's Syndrome Laurent Cohen, Anna Wilson, Veronique Izard and Stanislas Dehaene; Hemineglect, Anton-Babinski and Right Hemisphere Syndromes: 9. Hemineglect Patrik Vuilleumier; 10. Anosognosia and denial after right hemisphere stroke Anne Peskine and Philippe Azouvi; 11. Asomatognosia Sebastian Dieguez, Fabienne Staub and Julien Bogousslavsky; 12. Disorders of visuoconstructive ability Diane Dupuy and Olivier Godefroy; 13. Topographical disorientation Bertille Perin and Olivier Godefroy; Agnosia and Balint Syndrome: 14. Cortical blindness Alain Vighetto and Pierre Krolak-Salmon; 15. Balint's Syndrome Alain Vighetto and Pierre Krolak-Salmon; 16. Prosopagnosia Eugene Mayer and Bruno Rossion; 17. Object and colour agnosia Georg Goldenberg; 18. Auditory disorders related to strokes Bernard Lechevalier, Jany Lambert, Sylvain Moreau and Herve Platel; Executive and Memory Disorders: 19. Dysexecutive syndromes Olivier Godefroy and Donald Stuss; 20. Disorders of episodic memory Chun Lim and Michael Alexander; 21. Working memory dysfunctions in stroke patients Martial Van der Linden, Martine Poncelet and Steve Majerus; Behavioral and Mood Disorders: 22. Akinetic mutism and related disorders Didier Leys and Hilde Henon; 23. Alterations of level of consciousness related to stroke Marc Reichhart; 24. Delirium and confusional state in stroke patients Hilde Henon and Didier Leys; 25. Post-stroke delusion Pierre Thomas; 26. Acute behavioral and mood changes Selma Aybek and Julien Bogousslavsky; 27. Stroke and personality change Pierre Thomas; 28. Post-stroke mania Pierre Thomas; 29. Depression after stroke Antonio Carota and Stefano Paolucci; 30. Fatigue Fabienne Staub; 31. Vascular dementia Hughes Chabriat and Olivier Godefroy; 32. Right versus left hemisphere syndromes Isabel P. Martins, Lara Caeiro and Jose M. Ferro; Index.