Study of abnormal social behavior in patients with brain injury.

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26461766
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Psychiatric science
• Research Institution: Kyoto University
• Principal Investigator: Keita Ueda 京都大学, 医学研究科, 助教 (60573079)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 高次脳機能障害 / 社会的行動障害 / 外傷性脳損傷 / び漫性軸索損傷

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Not only the volume of Corpus Callosum, but also the value of fractional anisotropy was found to be decreased in patients with diffuse axonal injury. And the value of fractional anisotropy was correlated with the score of processing speed. As to the social function of patients with brain injury, the relationship was found between the ability to infer the emotion of others with the score of social function, especially that of cognitive independence assessed by The Craig Handicap Assessment and Reporting Technique. In addition, volume reduction in brain stem was found to be related with the severity score which was made by the Glasgow Coma Scale and the duration of post traumatic amnesia.

Free Research Field

神経心理学