Anti-aversive role of serotonin in the dorsal periaqueductal grey matter

1985 ◽  
Vol 85 (3) ◽  
pp. 340-345 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. T. B. Schütz ◽  
J. C. de Aguiar ◽  
F. G. Graeff
Keyword(s):  
Grey Matter ◽  
Periaqueductal Grey ◽  
Periaqueductal Grey Matter

scholarly journals Panicolytic-like effect of BDNF in the rat dorsal periaqueductal grey matter: the role of 5-HT and GABA

2010 ◽  
Vol 13 (05) ◽  
pp. 573-582 ◽  
Author(s):  
Plínio Cabrera Casarotto ◽  
Valquiria Camin de Bortoli ◽  
Fernando Morgan de Aguiar Corrêa ◽  
Leonardo Barbosa Moraes Resstel ◽  
Hélio Zangrossi
Keyword(s):  
Grey Matter ◽  
Periaqueductal Grey ◽  
Periaqueductal Grey Matter

Neglected woman with hyperemesis gravidarum leading to Wernicke encephalopathy

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (12) ◽  
pp. e238545
Author(s):  
Papa Dasari ◽  
Smitha Priyadarshini
Keyword(s):  
Grey Matter ◽  
Hyperemesis Gravidarum ◽  
Intravenous Fluids ◽  
State Of Health ◽  
Wernicke Encephalopathy ◽  
Periaqueductal Grey ◽  
Mri Brain ◽  
Good State ◽  
Periaqueductal Grey Matter ◽  
History Of

A teenage primigravida at 13 weeks of gestation presented with hyperemesis gravidarum of 45 days and a history of giddiness and inability to walk due to involuntary movements of limbs and eyes since 2 days. She was treated with intravenous fluids, thiamine and antiemetics. MRI brain showed hyperintensities in bilateral dorsomedial thalami, periaqueductal grey matter in T2-weighted and FLAIR images. A diagnosis of Wernicke encephalopathy was made and she was managed in intensive care unit and received injection thiamine as per the guidelines and her weakness and ataxia improved over 3 weeks and she was discharged at 17 weeks of pregnancy in good state of health.

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