Basal ganglia hemorrhagic ablation associated with temporary suppression of obsessive-compulsive symptoms.

نویسندگان

  • José A Yaryura-Tobias
  • Fugen Neziroglu
چکیده

Currently, basal ganglia (BG) are considered regulators of motor and emotional activity. It's operationality encompass Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). The case of a patient suffering with severe OCD is described of note, his symptoms disappeared following a hemorrhage of the left BG. However, once the hemorrhage was reabsorbed his symptoms returned. It is possible that lesions affecting cerebral OCD association circuits may influence the evolution of obsessive-compulsive symptoms.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Revista brasileira de psiquiatria

دوره 25 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2003