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Agnosia for pain

MedGen UID:
154351
•Concept ID:
C0563625
•
Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction
Synonym: Agnosia for Pain
SNOMED CT: Agnosia for pain (285761007)

Definition

Loss of the ability to perceive and process pain. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVAgnosia for pain

Professional guidelines

PubMed

New criteria for frontotemporal dementia syndromes: clinical and pathological diagnostic implications.
Chare L, Hodges JR, Leyton CE, McGinley C, Tan RH, Kril JJ, Halliday GM
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2014 Aug;85(8):865-70. Epub 2014 Jan 13 doi: 10.1136/jnnp-2013-306948. PMID: 24421286
Management of Landau-Kleffner syndrome.
Mikati MA, Shamseddine AN
Paediatr Drugs 2005;7(6):377-89. doi: 10.2165/00148581-200507060-00006. PMID: 16356025
Clinical management of agnosia.
Burns MS
Top Stroke Rehabil 2004 Winter;11(1):1-9. doi: 10.1310/N13K-YKYQ-3XX1-NFAV. PMID: 14872395

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Effects of esketamine on analgesia and postpartum depression after cesarean section: A randomized, double-blinded controlled trial.
Wang W, Xu H, Ling B, Chen Q, Lv J, Yu W
Medicine (Baltimore) 2022 Nov 25;101(47):e32010. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000032010. PMID: 36451452Free PMC Article
Progress in perceptual research: the case of prosopagnosia.
Albonico A, Barton J
F1000Res 2019;8 Epub 2019 May 31 doi: 10.12688/f1000research.18492.1. PMID: 31231507Free PMC Article
The Visual Agnosias and Related Disorders.
Haque S, Vaphiades MS, Lueck CJ
J Neuroophthalmol 2018 Sep;38(3):379-392. doi: 10.1097/WNO.0000000000000556. PMID: 28945627
Developmental prosopagnosia in childhood.
Dalrymple KA, Corrow S, Yonas A, Duchaine B
Cogn Neuropsychol 2012;29(5-6):393-418. Epub 2012 Nov 12 doi: 10.1080/02643294.2012.722547. PMID: 23140142Free PMC Article
Recognizing faces.
Ellis HD
Br J Psychol 1975 Nov;66(4):409-26. doi: 10.1111/j.2044-8295.1975.tb01477.x. PMID: 1106805

Diagnosis

Spatial Neglect and Anosognosia After Right Brain Stroke.
Barrett AM
Continuum (Minneap Minn) 2021 Dec 1;27(6):1624-1645. doi: 10.1212/CON.0000000000001076. PMID: 34881729Free PMC Article
Hemineglect and Attentional Dysfunction.
Langer KG, Piechowski-Jozwiak B, Bogousslavsky J
Front Neurol Neurosci 2019;44:89-99. Epub 2019 Apr 30 doi: 10.1159/000494956. PMID: 31220845
History of Anosognosia.
Gainotti G
Front Neurol Neurosci 2019;44:75-82. Epub 2019 Apr 30 doi: 10.1159/000494954. PMID: 31220837
Anosognosia.
Mograbi DC, Morris RG
Cortex 2018 Jun;103:385-386. Epub 2018 Apr 12 doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2018.04.001. PMID: 29731103
Auditory agnosia.
Slevc LR, Shell AR
Handb Clin Neurol 2015;129:573-87. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-62630-1.00032-9. PMID: 25726291

Therapy

Effects of esketamine on analgesia and postpartum depression after cesarean section: A randomized, double-blinded controlled trial.
Wang W, Xu H, Ling B, Chen Q, Lv J, Yu W
Medicine (Baltimore) 2022 Nov 25;101(47):e32010. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000032010. PMID: 36451452Free PMC Article
Not my body, not my pain? Pain perception and placebo analgesia in individuals with body integrity dysphoria.
Ho JT, Krummenacher P, Lenggenhager B
Cortex 2022 Aug;153:44-54. Epub 2022 Apr 18 doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2022.03.023. PMID: 35588553
Spatial Neglect and Anosognosia After Right Brain Stroke.
Barrett AM
Continuum (Minneap Minn) 2021 Dec 1;27(6):1624-1645. doi: 10.1212/CON.0000000000001076. PMID: 34881729Free PMC Article
Optogenetics: Therapeutic spark in neuropathic pain.
Liu K, Wang L
Bosn J Basic Med Sci 2019 Nov 8;19(4):321-327. doi: 10.17305/bjbms.2019.4114. PMID: 30995901Free PMC Article
Tic disorders.
Martino D, Mink JW
Continuum (Minneap Minn) 2013 Oct;19(5 Movement Disorders):1287-311. doi: 10.1212/01.CON.0000436157.31662.af. PMID: 24092291

Prognosis

Overview of COVID-19 and neurological complications.
Hosseini N, Nadjafi S, Ashtary B
Rev Neurosci 2021 Aug 26;32(6):671-691. Epub 2021 Feb 15 doi: 10.1515/revneuro-2020-0116. PMID: 33583157
Progress in perceptual research: the case of prosopagnosia.
Albonico A, Barton J
F1000Res 2019;8 Epub 2019 May 31 doi: 10.12688/f1000research.18492.1. PMID: 31231507Free PMC Article
Anosognosia in Dementia.
Wilson RS, Sytsma J, Barnes LL, Boyle PA
Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep 2016 Sep;16(9):77. doi: 10.1007/s11910-016-0684-z. PMID: 27438597
The Cambridge Face Memory Test: results for neurologically intact individuals and an investigation of its validity using inverted face stimuli and prosopagnosic participants.
Duchaine B, Nakayama K
Neuropsychologia 2006;44(4):576-85. Epub 2005 Sep 19 doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2005.07.001. PMID: 16169565
Are there lexicons?
Coltheart M
Q J Exp Psychol A 2004 Oct;57(7):1153-71. doi: 10.1080/02724980443000007. PMID: 15513241

Clinical prediction guides

Progress in perceptual research: the case of prosopagnosia.
Albonico A, Barton J
F1000Res 2019;8 Epub 2019 May 31 doi: 10.12688/f1000research.18492.1. PMID: 31231507Free PMC Article
Hemineglect and Attentional Dysfunction.
Langer KG, Piechowski-Jozwiak B, Bogousslavsky J
Front Neurol Neurosci 2019;44:89-99. Epub 2019 Apr 30 doi: 10.1159/000494956. PMID: 31220845
History of Anosognosia.
Gainotti G
Front Neurol Neurosci 2019;44:75-82. Epub 2019 Apr 30 doi: 10.1159/000494954. PMID: 31220837
Apraxia, Neglect, and Agnosia.
Coslett HB
Continuum (Minneap Minn) 2018 Jun;24(3, BEHAVIORAL NEUROLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY):768-782. doi: 10.1212/CON.0000000000000606. PMID: 29851877
The Cambridge Face Memory Test: results for neurologically intact individuals and an investigation of its validity using inverted face stimuli and prosopagnosic participants.
Duchaine B, Nakayama K
Neuropsychologia 2006;44(4):576-85. Epub 2005 Sep 19 doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2005.07.001. PMID: 16169565

Recent systematic reviews

Single-injection serratus anterior plane block for cardiothoracic surgery via thoracotomy in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.
He Y, Li Z, Xu M, Du B, Zuo Y
BMJ Paediatr Open 2023 Jun;7(1) doi: 10.1136/bmjpo-2023-001912. PMID: 37316297Free PMC Article
Rapid screening for neglect following stroke: A systematic search and European Academy of Neurology recommendations.
Moore M, Milosevich E, Beisteiner R, Bowen A, Checketts M, Demeyere N, Fordell H, Godefroy O, Laczó J, Rich T, Williams L, Woodward-Nutt K, Husain M
Eur J Neurol 2022 Sep;29(9):2596-2606. Epub 2022 Jun 30 doi: 10.1111/ene.15381. PMID: 35510782Free PMC Article
Altered awareness of cognitive and neuropsychiatric symptoms in Parkinson's disease and Dementia with Lewy Bodies: A systematic review.
Pennington C, Duncan G, Ritchie C
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 2021 Jan;36(1):15-30. Epub 2020 Sep 14 doi: 10.1002/gps.5415. PMID: 32869379
Neurological manifestations of autosomal dominant familial Alzheimer's disease: a comparison of the published literature with the Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network observational study (DIAN-OBS).
Tang M, Ryman DC, McDade E, Jasielec MS, Buckles VD, Cairns NJ, Fagan AM, Goate A, Marcus DS, Xiong C, Allegri RF, Chhatwal JP, Danek A, Farlow MR, Fox NC, Ghetti B, Graff-Radford NR, Laske C, Martins RN, Masters CL, Mayeux RP, Ringman JM, Rossor MN, Salloway SP, Schofield PR, Morris JC, Bateman RJ; Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network (DIAN)
Lancet Neurol 2016 Dec;15(13):1317-1325. Epub 2016 Oct 21 doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(16)30229-0. PMID: 27777020Free PMC Article
Anosognosia for hemiplegia after stroke is a multifaceted phenomenon: a systematic review of the literature.
Orfei MD, Robinson RG, Prigatano GP, Starkstein S, Rüsch N, Bria P, Caltagirone C, Spalletta G
Brain 2007 Dec;130(Pt 12):3075-90. Epub 2007 May 28 doi: 10.1093/brain/awm106. PMID: 17533170

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