Impaired executive functioning after left anterior insular stroke: a case report

Markostamou, Ioanna, Rudolf, Jobst, Tsiptsios, Iakovos and Kosmidis, Mary H (2015) Impaired executive functioning after left anterior insular stroke: a case report. Neurocase, 21 (2). pp. 148-153. ISSN 1355-4794

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Abstract

Given the insular’s anatomic complexity and functional interconnectivity, acute lesions may result in varied clinical presentations, including autonomic, somatosensory, perceptual, motor, affective, and cognitive deficits. Although functional neuroimaging studies have demonstrated its role in executive functions, no clinical manifestations have been reported to date. We present the case of a woman with an acute left anterior insular infarction leading to executive (i.e., word and design fluency, mental flexibility, sustained attention, inhibitory control), but not language, visuoperceptual, or memory impairment. This case confirms the left anterior insula’s involvement in executive functioning and suggests that an infarction may result in executive impairment.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	insula,lesion,stroke,executive function
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Psychology
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	13 Jun 2016 12:04
Last Modified:	22 Oct 2022 01:14
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/59307
DOI:	10.1080/13554794.2013.878725

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