Larger deep white matter hyperintensity volume correlates with more severe social behavioral changes in patients with subacute ischemic stroke.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Changes in social behavior can occur after ischemic stroke. We aimed to investigate the potential correlations between neuroimaging variables and changes in social behavior in patients who experienced subacute ischemic stroke.

Methods

We prospectively screened patients with first-ever ischemic stroke. Three months after the index stroke, changes in patients' social behavior were investigated by the Frontal Behavioral Inventory (FBI), which consists of both deficit and positive groups of behaviors. The protocol of brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) including the baseline MRI at the acute stage and additional MRI with three-dimensional T1-weighted imaging on follow-up. Using these MRI scans, we assessed the acute infarction and the volumes of various brain struc

SUBMITTER: Qu JF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10702571 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature