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Subcortical Disorders Thomas G. Bowers, Ph.D.
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Karen Quinland Case
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Pathology Sample Kinney, Korein, Panigraphy et al. (1994)
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Pathology sample indicated prominent subcortical damage Especially in the thalamus However, there is also evidence of considerable cortical damage 835 grams Karen Quinland
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Anthony Bland Case At age 18 suffered cerebral anoxia secondary to crushing injuries. Brain weighed 1007 grams (average ~1300 grams). Narrowed gyri, cerebral atrophy
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AB Pathology Sample Jarmulowicz (1995), Catholic Medical Quarterly
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AB Pathology Sample
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Cingulate Gyrus Hippocampus Fornix Mamimilary Bodies Hypothalamus Anterior Thalamus The Circuit of Papez: An Early Model of Neural Substrates of Emotion
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White Matter in Cognition Three types of white matter fibers –1. Association fibers Connect different regions –2. Commissural fibers Connect corresponding hemispheres –3. Projection fibers Up-down
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White Matter Changes in Aging Leukoaraisosis –No mass effect, does not enhance Periventricular sources –Glio cell loss –Small vessel infarct –Arteriosclerosis –Infection/inflammation –Demyelination –Vasculitides
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MRI Characteristics Patchy, diffuse hyperdensity Pencil thin lines
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Cognitive Characteristics Attentional processes Working memory (not span) Encoding and retrieval Spatial rotation Discourse comprehension
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Disease Processes 1. Infection and autoimmune disorders 2. Vasculitis 3. Multiple sclerosis (MS) 4. HIV 5. Neurotoxic 6. Gliomas
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Infection and Autoimmune Systemic lupus –1. cognitive impairment fluctuates –2. Can appear manic –3. Deficits in retrieval, delayed recall –4. Problems in cognitive speed and flexibility Vasculitis –Inflammation of blood vessels
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Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Variable lesions in white matter and corpus callosum Many different clinical courses Periventricular changes Very impaired on divided attention tasks
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Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Problems in reading comprehension, visual memory retrieval, verbal memory, motor slowing Executive dysfunction –Negative recency effect noted –Possible loss of temporal codes Do well on STM tasks
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HIV Patchy white matter changes Atrophy in later stages Prodromal stage (up to 2 years) –May be only mildly symptomatic Attention deficits Memory deficits Slowed processing Impaired conceptual processing Impaired self monitoring
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Neurotoxic Injury Solvents –Acute and late developing effects –Headaches, dizziness, mild depression, impaired behavioral control –Problems in attention, self-monitoring Chronic CO exposure
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Gliomas Astrocytomas (glioblastoma multiforme)
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Ischemic Vascular Dementia Leukencephalopathy –1. Arteriosclerosis –2. Spasm –3. Transitant ischemia Severity related to brain tissue loss –1. decreased processing efficiency –2. retrieval failures –3. problems with semantic access –4. spatial rotation impairment –5. selective executive dysfunction
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Progressive gliosis Also progressive subcortical gliosis Often may cause frontal problems
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Frontal Lobe Dementia Changes in eating habits Sleep disturbance Somatic complaints Mute, empty behaviors Not amnesic, but fail to use memory
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Diffuse Axonal Injury Acceleration/deceleration rotational forces Yields shearing Mechanical forces lead to neuronal segmentation, small hemorrhages, edema
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Diffuse Axonal Injury Povlishock work –Shearing due to axonal swelling, not mechanical tearing –Wallerian degeneration ensues –Evolves in 6-24 hours –Affects more distal axons –No disruption of myelin, of cell –“retraction ball” forms
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Radiation Injury to Brain Acute effects –Edema, elevated ICP –Early delayed effects, inhibition f myelin synthesis –Late delayed effects, damage to myelin, vascular damage, immune processes –Nausea, headache, drowsiness, anorexia –Verbal semantic LTM retrieval problems –Memory/motor dysfunction
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Radiation Injury to Brain Dementia can occur and lead to death More likely memory decline, gradual recovery
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Summary White matter difficulty yields problems in complex cognitive processing –Problems in processing speed –Difficulties with high cognitive demands –Problems with complex stimulus demands, as rotations –Problems with attentional monitoring –Impairment with multiple associations
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Summary Object recognition is unimpaired, knowledge in unimpaired No single modality of input is impaired, but multiple input is impaired
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