frontal lobe syndrome

Tumours such as meningiomas may present with a frontal lobe syndrome.

This is one reason why the term frontal lobe syndrome is not preferred.

Studies show that the symptoms of schizophrenia do indeed correlate with frontal lobe syndrome.

Frontal lobe syndrome in a patient with bilateral globus pallidus lesions.

A frontal lobe syndrome can be caused by a range of conditions including head trauma, tumours, degenerative diseases, neurosurgery and cerebrovascular disease.

Organic brain changes are physical changes in the brain which lead to neurological dysfunction, including dementia and frontal lobe syndrome.

They determined that Bowe suffered from frontal lobe syndrome, a form of brain damage that impairs rational thought and impulse control.

These were the clues that suggested he may have a rare frontal lobe syndrome, in which behavioral changes, judgmental errors and difficulty with complex tasks became prominent.

The negative symptoms of schizophrenia have previously been considered to be related to a psychiatric form of the Dysexecutive Syndrome (also known as frontal lobe syndrome).

Pre-frontal lobotomies and antipsychotics, severing connections between the pre-frontal cortex and the rest of the brain, are effectively a form of iatrogenic trauma resulting in a frontal lobe syndrome.

Additionally, research suggests that confabulation can be seen in patients with frontal lobe syndrome, which involves an insult to the frontal lobe as a result of disease or traumatic brain injury (TBI).

The syndrome was once known as frontal lobe syndrome, however dysexecutive syndrome is preferred because it emphasizes the functional pattern of deficits (the symptoms) over the location of the syndrome in the frontal lobe, which is often not the only area affected.