Early Bifrontal Brain Injury: Disturbances in Cognitive Function Development

Early Bifrontal Brain Injury: Disturbances in Cognitive Function Development

We describe six psychomotor, language, and neuropsychological sequential developmental evaluations in a boy who sustained a severe bifrontal traumatic brain injury (TBI) at 19 months of age. Visuospatial, drawing, and writing skills failed to develop normally. Gradually increasing difficulties were...

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Main Authors: Christine Bonnier, Aurélie Costet, Ghassan Hmaimess, Corinne Catale, Christelle Maillart, Patricia Marique
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2010-01-01
Series:Neurology Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/765780
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spelling doaj-4e12bd277bfe4e8e85a3595b01cd94492020-11-24T22:31:15ZengHindawi LimitedNeurology Research International2090-18522090-18602010-01-01201010.1155/2010/765780765780Early Bifrontal Brain Injury: Disturbances in Cognitive Function DevelopmentChristine Bonnier0Aurélie Costet1Ghassan Hmaimess2Corinne Catale3Christelle Maillart4Patricia Marique5Service de Neurologie Pédiatrique, Centre Neurologique William Lennox, Cliniques Saint-Luc, Université catholique de Louvain, Avenue Hippocrate, 10/1067, Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, 1200 Bruxelles, BelgiumService de Neurologie Pédiatrique, Centre Neurologique William Lennox, Cliniques Saint-Luc, Université catholique de Louvain, Avenue Hippocrate, 10/1067, Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, 1200 Bruxelles, BelgiumService de Neurologie Pédiatrique, Centre Neurologique William Lennox, Cliniques Saint-Luc, Université catholique de Louvain, Avenue Hippocrate, 10/1067, Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, 1200 Bruxelles, BelgiumDépartement des Sciences Cognitives, Faculté de Psychologie et des Sciences de l'Education, Université de Liège, 4000 Liège, BelgiumDépartement des Sciences Cognitives, Faculté de Psychologie et des Sciences de l'Education, Université de Liège, 4000 Liège, BelgiumService de Neurologie Pédiatrique, Centre Neurologique William Lennox, Cliniques Saint-Luc, Université catholique de Louvain, Avenue Hippocrate, 10/1067, Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, 1200 Bruxelles, BelgiumWe describe six psychomotor, language, and neuropsychological sequential developmental evaluations in a boy who sustained a severe bifrontal traumatic brain injury (TBI) at 19 months of age. Visuospatial, drawing, and writing skills failed to develop normally. Gradually increasing difficulties were noted in language leading to reading and spontaneous speech difficulties. The last two evaluations showed executive deficits in inhibition, flexibility, and working memory. Those executive abnormalities seemed to be involved in the other impairments. In conclusion, early frontal brain injury disorganizes the development of cognitive functions, and interactions exist between executive function and other cognitive functions during development.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/765780
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author Christine Bonnier
Aurélie Costet
Ghassan Hmaimess
Corinne Catale
Christelle Maillart
Patricia Marique
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Aurélie Costet
Ghassan Hmaimess
Corinne Catale
Christelle Maillart
Patricia Marique
Early Bifrontal Brain Injury: Disturbances in Cognitive Function Development
Neurology Research International
author_facet Christine Bonnier
Aurélie Costet
Ghassan Hmaimess
Corinne Catale
Christelle Maillart
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title Early Bifrontal Brain Injury: Disturbances in Cognitive Function Development
title_short Early Bifrontal Brain Injury: Disturbances in Cognitive Function Development
title_full Early Bifrontal Brain Injury: Disturbances in Cognitive Function Development
title_fullStr Early Bifrontal Brain Injury: Disturbances in Cognitive Function Development
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2090-1860
publishDate 2010-01-01
description We describe six psychomotor, language, and neuropsychological sequential developmental evaluations in a boy who sustained a severe bifrontal traumatic brain injury (TBI) at 19 months of age. Visuospatial, drawing, and writing skills failed to develop normally. Gradually increasing difficulties were noted in language leading to reading and spontaneous speech difficulties. The last two evaluations showed executive deficits in inhibition, flexibility, and working memory. Those executive abnormalities seemed to be involved in the other impairments. In conclusion, early frontal brain injury disorganizes the development of cognitive functions, and interactions exist between executive function and other cognitive functions during development.
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