Differential prefrontal-like deficit in children after cerebellar astrocytoma and medulloblastoma tumor

This study was realized thanks to the collaboration of children and adolescents who had been resected from cerebellar tumors. The medulloblastoma group (CE+, n = 7) in addition to surgery received radiation and chemotherapy. The astrocytoma group (CE, n = 13) did not receive additional treatments. Each clinical group was compared in their executive functioning with a paired control group (n = 12). The performances of the clinical groups with respect to controls were compared considering the tumor's localization (vermis or hemisphere) and the affectation (or not) of the dentate nucleus. Executive variables were correlated with the age at surgery, the time between surgery-evaluation and the resected volume. The executive functioning was assessed by means of WCST, Complex Rey Figure, Controlled Oral Word Association Test (letter and animal categories), Digits span (WISC-R verbal scale) and Stroop test. These tests are very sensitive to dorsolateral PFC and/or to medial frontal cortex functions. The scores for the non-verbal Raven IQ were also obtained. Direct scores were corrected by age and transformed in standard scores using normative data. The neuropsychological evaluation was made at 3.25 (SD = 2.74) years from surgery in CE group and at 6.47 (SD = 2.77) in CE+ group.

• Autores: Vaquero, Encarna; Gómez, Carlos M.; Quintero-Gallego, Eliana A.; González-Rosa, Javier J.; Márquez, Javier
• Fecha de publicación: 2008
• Institución: Universidad El Bosque
• Repositorio: Repositorio U. El Bosque
• Idioma: eng
• OAI Identifier: oai:repositorio.unbosque.edu.co:20.500.12495/1478
• Acceso en línea: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12495/1478; https://doi.org/10.1186/1744-9081-4-18
• Palabra clave: Meduloblastoma; Neoplasias neuroepiteliales; Test de clasificación de tarjetas de Wisconsin; Anterior Cingulate Cortex; Medulloblastoma; Verbal Fluency; Digit Span; Wisconsin Card Sorting Test
• License: Attribution 4.0 International