The Cerebellar Cognitive Affective Syndrome can occur in a patient with a cerebellar disorder causing damage to the cognitive centers (hemispheres, ventral part of the dentate nucleus).
Patient selection: evidence of a cerebellar disorder
Features of the cerebellar cognitive affective syndrome:
(1) deficit in executive functions (attention, working memory, etc)
(2) visuospatial impairment
(3) a disorder of speech (slurred speech, impaired verbal fluency)
(4) blunted affect and other impairments of emotional modulation
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