Neuropsychology Central

[Locked-In]

There are no cognitive deficits in Locked-In Syndrome.

Locked-in Syndrome is a severe outcome of Basilar artery occlusion (BAO) which causes ischemic stroke demage in the pons.

Because the cerebral cortex is does not incur ANY damage, I wonder why everyone in the world keeps wanting to do neuropsych tests on my son Jason (17).

Six weeks after he collided with another player on the soccer field at age 7, Jason suddenly developed BAO, which went untreated even though he presented to the ER immediately upon getting neurological symptoms.

In Locked-In syndrome, all motor function is lost, except the blinking of the eyes. sensory function and cognitive skills remain completely intact.
After about 4 months, Jason regained some motor function in the right hand. And though he has movement throughout his body, he is still severely dependent on others and wheelchair bound.

Why would he need a neuropsych?
Aren't we wasting everyone's time?

[jslatte]

for diagnostic clarification and to guarantee that is indeed the correct diagnosis. Might be fruitless. Just out of curiosity, what neuroimaging has beeen done (i.e. MRI, PET, EEG, MEG, CT, or other)?

[jslatte]

And that does indeed sound like locked in syndrome, so you are probably right (i.e. neuropsych, to my knowledge, couldn't do much)