Neurological and neuropsychological characteristics of occipital stroke

Patients Patients were recruited between 2007 and 2011 at the Charite (Berlin) and at the Stroke Unit (Medical Hospital Bremen). Inclusion criteria: ischemic cerebral infarction affecting the occipital lobes and adjacent temporal or parietal areas. Exclusion criteria: severe aphasia, severe ophthalmological disorders (e.g. glaucoma or cataract), or any other severe neurological or psychiatric disorder (e.g. epilepsy or schizophrenia). Neurological and neuropsychological characteristics of occipital stroke Cathleen Grimsen, Antje Kraft, Maren Prass, Markus Bahnemann, Freimuth Brunner, Andreas Kastrup, Stephan A. Brandt and Manfred Fahle 1 Department of Human Neurobiology, University of Bremen; 2 Department of Neurology, Charite Universitatsmedizin Berlin; 3 Medical Hospital Gesundheit Nord, Klinikum Bremen Mitte; 4 The Henry Wellcome Laboratories of Vision Sciences, City University London