Depressive disorder after pontine ıschemic stroke: Clinicoradiologic correlates
Citation
Yuluğ, B., Tavlı, A. M., Çakır, T. ve Hanoğlu, L. (2016). Depressive disorder after pontine ıschemic stroke: Clinicoradiologic correlates. Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 28(1), E1-E2. http://doi.org/10.1176/appi.neuropsych.15010011Abstract
It is widely known that the occurrence of poststroke mood disorders, especially depression, is one of the most frequent complications of stroke.1 Studies evaluating the association of focal lesions with depressive disorder have shown that lesions involving the frontal lobe, caudate, or putamen were more likely to lead to depression than comparable isolated lesions of the brainstem.2,3 To the best of our knowledge, there are no studies in the literature showing the metabolic correlates of poststroke depression that is secondary to an isolated brainstem infarction.