The Correlation between Post-stroke Depression and Lesion Location.
- Author:
Jun Yeon KIM
1
;
Tae Gun KIM
;
Jae Hyun NOH
;
Dong Hyup KIM
;
Chul Hyun KIM
;
Yang Soo LEE
;
Tae Du JUNG
Author Information
1. Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Kyungpook National University College of Medicine, Korea. teeed0522@naver.com
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Stroke;
Depression;
Lesion location
- MeSH:
Brain;
Depression;
Frontal Lobe;
Ganglion Cysts;
Gyrus Cinguli;
Heart;
Humans;
International Classification of Diseases;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging;
Stroke;
Thalamus
- From:Journal of the Korean Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine
2008;32(3):285-288
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVE: To localize lesions which correlate with depression after stroke. METHOD: This study was performed in 98 stroke patients who admitted at two hospitals in Daegu in 2006. Lesions on magnetic resonance imaging were reviewed by same neuroradiologist and depression was diagnosed by same phychiatrist using DSM-III-R and ICD-10 criteria. We tried to find the correlation between the lesion location and depression. RESULTS: Depression was not related to age, sex, dominant hemisphere, underlying disease (HTN, DM, heart disease), and many lesions of interest of brain. Lesions in prefrontal area, limbic lobe, cingulate gyrus, post white matter and frontal lobe correlated significantly with depression. CONCLUSION: We found that there was a strong correlation between post stroke depression and the pathologic lesion which is frontal-subcortical circuit except basal ganglion and thalamus.
