Table 3.

Cognition at days 14 and 90 after minor thalamic infarction.

	Healthy controls (n = 12)	14 days post-stroke (n = 27)	90 days post-stroke (n = 6)	P (14 days vs healthy controls)	P (90 days vs healthy controls)
MMSE	29.3 ± 0.2	22.5 ± 1.1	25.5 ± 2.0	<0.0001	0.0461
MoCA	28.3 ± 0.3	18.2 ± 1.1	22.8 ± 2.5	<0.0001	0.0231
AVLT
Short-delay memory	7.2 ± 0.8	4.6 ± 0.7	6.0 ± 1.6	0.0203	0.0493
Long-delay memory	9.1 ± 0.7	4.8 ± 0.7	7.5 ± 2.0	0.0037	0.2127
Recognition	12.9 ± 0.6	11.3 ± 0.8	12.3 ± 0.9	0.8792	0.9653

Plus-minus values are mean ± SEM.

MMSE, mini-mental state examination; MoCA, Montreal cognitive assessment; AVLT, Auditory verbal learning test.