Related Experiment Video
Updated: Jul 16, 2026

Using Visual and Narrative Methods to Achieve Fair Process in Clinical Care
Published on: February 16, 2011
Cognitive dysfunction after isolated brain stem insult. An underdiagnosed cause of long term morbidity
P Garrard1, D Bradshaw, H R Jäger
1Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, London, UK. pgarrard@ucl.ac.uk
Abstract:
Cognitive dysfunction adversely influences long term outcome after cerebral insult, but the potential for brain stem lesions to produce cognitive as well as physical impairments is not widely recognised. This report describes a series of seven consecutive patients referred to a neurological rehabilitation unit with lesions limited to brain stem structures, all of whom were shown to exhibit deficits in at least one domain of cognition. The practical importance of recognising cognitive dysfunction in this group of patients, and the theoretical significance of the disruption of specific cognitive domains by lesions to distributed neural circuits, are discussed.
Related Concept Videos
Ischemic Stroke ll: Pathophysiology
Transient Ischemic Attack l: Introduction
Traumatic Brain Injury l: Introduction
Dementia l: Introduction
Hepatic Encephalopathy
Secondary Spinal Cord Injury llI: Pathophysiology

