Cognitive rehabilitation of cerebellar deficits.

Cognitive rehabilitation of cerebellar deficits. CNS Neurol Disord Drug Targets. 2018 Jan 10;: Authors: Marien P, van Dun K, Overwalle FV Abstract During the past 3 decades numerous neurophysiological, neuroimaging, experimental and clinical studies have evidenced a crucial role for the cerebellum in cognitive, affective and behavioral functions. As a result of the acknowledged modulatory role of the cerebellum upon remote structures such as the cerebral cortex, cerebellar injury may give rise to a constellation of behavioral, affective and cognitive symptoms (Schmahmann's Syndrome). In sharp contrast to the wide range of therapeutical interventions to treat cognitive and affective disorders following cerebral cortical lesions and despite the consequences of Schmahmann's syndrome upon daily life activities, the literature is surprisingly only scantly documented with studies investigating the impact of cognitive therapies on cerebellar induced cognitive and affective disorders. This survey aims to present an overview of the therapeutic interventions available in the literature as a possible treatment for Schmahmann's Syndrome after brain lesions, after posterior fossa surgery in children, and in children with neurodevelopmental disorders. Although systematical studies are warranted, preliminary evidence suggests that cerebellar-induced cognitive and affective disorders should be treated in a specific way. Approaches where the patients...
Source: CNS and Neurological Disorders Drug Targets - Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Tags: CNS Neurol Disord Drug Targets Source Type: research