Chronic information-processing changes in individuals with a first-ever clinical lacunar syndrome

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to examine whether chronic cognitive changes occur after a first-ever single clinical lacunar syndrome. BACKGROUND: Patients who have been diagnosed with a first-ever single clinical lacunar syndrome, on the basis of clinical rather than radiologic criteria, perform normally on general clinical neuropsychologic measures. METHOD: We examined information-processing abilities in 17 first-ever lacunar syndrome participants [lacunar anterior circulation infarct (LACI)], using 2 experimental tasks of information processing. RESULTS: At a group level, LACI participants were significantly impaired relative to stroke-free controls. Specifically, LACI participants ..