The Links Between Executive and Linguistic Processes and Their Lesional Determinants From a Verbal Fluency Task

Exclusion Criteria

• •Mental retardation or guardianship
• •Other current or past brain condition affecting cognition, including:
• •Severe head trauma
• •Epilepsy prior to stroke still requiring previous treatment
• •Parkinson disease, multiple sclerosis
• •Brain tumor or brain radiation therapy
• •Current or past schizophrenia or psychosis
• •Active or past psychiatric impairments requiring a stay\> 2 days in a specialized environment
• •Contra indication to MRI
• •Comorbidity with life expectancy \<1 year
• •Comorbidity affecting cognition in particular:
• •Alcohol (\> 3 glasses / day) or history of alcohol withdrawal syndrome
• •Opiate or cocaine addiction or opiate withdrawal syndrome
• •Renal failure (dialysis or creatinine clearance \<30)
• •Hepatic failure (spontaneous INR\> 1.5 or PT \<60%)
• •Respiratory failure requiring oxygen therapy
• •Heart failure (orthopnea\> 2 pillows)
• •Persistent vigilance disorder (NIHSS1a score ≤1)
• •Cancer with paraneoplastic syndrome
• •Treatment with gold salts, D Penicillamine or other treatment with cognitive effect
• •Patient under guardianship or curators or private under public law
• •Pregnant and / or lactating woman