*Neuropsychology of Moyamoya Disease DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.96558*

screening. In the cases of new psychiatric symptoms in patients with diagnosed MMD, repeated neuroimaging is called for to rule out further ischemia [80].

Since the main neurovascular alterations of MMD tend to affect fronto-temporal areas, we propose that any neuropsychological evaluation shouldinclude the study of executive functions (working memory, processing speed, sustained and divided attention), intelligence (I.Q., especially in pMMD), verbal memory (including recognition memory) and visual memory. Given the variety of clinical and cognitive symptoms and different forms of presentation and evolution of MMD, we recommend a baseline and neuropsychological follow-up of all patients with a suspected or definitive clinical diagnosis of MMD.
