The basal ganglia: A central hub for the psychomotor effects of electroconvulsive therapy

Journal of Affective Disorders ◽

10.1016/j.jad.2020.01.033 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 265 ◽

pp. 239-246 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Jan-Baptist Belge ◽

Linda Van Diermen ◽

Didier Schrijvers ◽

Bernard Sabbe ◽

Eric Constant ◽

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Keyword(s):

Basal Ganglia ◽

Electroconvulsive Therapy ◽

Psychomotor Effects

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Persistent Oral Dyskinesia in Female Mental Hospital Patients

The British Journal of Psychiatry ◽

10.1192/bjp.112.491.983 ◽

1966 ◽

Vol 112 (491) ◽

pp. 983-987 ◽

Cited By ~ 34

Author(s):

I. G. Pryce ◽

H. Edwards

Keyword(s):

Basal Ganglia ◽

Brain Damage ◽

Electroconvulsive Therapy ◽

Mental Hospital ◽

Elderly Women ◽

Middle Aged ◽

Selective Action ◽

Abnormal Movements ◽

Oral Dyskinesia ◽

Hospital Patients

An association between certain persistent oral dyskinesias and medication with phenothiazines has been observed in middle-aged and elderly women for several years. In most of the published reports it is held that the phenothiazines are an important cause of the abnormal movements, since phenothiazines are known to exert a selective action on the basal ganglia. Other possible causes, however, are almost invariably present. These are brain damage from disease, leucotomy or electroconvulsive therapy (Hunter, Earl and Janz, 1964; Hunter, Earl and Thornicroft, 1964; Uhrbrand and Faurbye, 1960), and buccal factors such as ill-fitting dentures or the edentulous state (Joyston-Bechal, 1965; Evans, 1965). Similar dyskinesias are also said to occur with brain damage when phenothiazines have not been given (Rosin and Exton-Smith, 1965).

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MODELLING GAIT SYNDROME IN HUNTINGTONâ€™S DISEASE: THE GENETIC ALGORITHM APPROACH

Nigerian Journal of Technology ◽

10.4314/njt.v36i3.37 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 36 (3) ◽

pp. 930-935

Author(s):

OOE Ajibola ◽

L Ogunwolu

Keyword(s):

Genetic Algorithm ◽

Cognitive Impairment ◽

Basal Ganglia ◽

Electroconvulsive Therapy ◽

Middle Age ◽

Recent Past ◽

Popular Approach ◽

Psychological Disturbances ◽

Gradual Onset ◽

Genetic Algorithm Approach

Huntingtonâ€™s disease (HD) which usually affects the patients at middle age results from malfunctioning of the basal ganglia. It is characterized by cognitive impairment, involuntary movements, neuropsychiatric and psychological disturbances. Early motor signs of Huntingtonâ€™s disease typically include the gradual onset of clumsiness, balance difficulties, and brief, random, fidgeting movements. A popular approach to solving symptoms arising from HD has been through the administration of drugs. But drugs debase human activities, thus the application of electroconvulsive therapy. This work proposes a genetic algorithmic (GA) simulation of chorea in HD patient as a pedestal for the design of a therapeutic device aimed at managing the phenomenon. Earlier efforts have led us to the formulation of such models in recent past. We also compared the GA model with our foremost effort: the electromechanical model, and we observe that the GA model adequately capture the physiological presentation of gait phenomenon in Huntingtonâ€™s disease.Â http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/njt.v36i3.37

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A Case of Catatonia in a 14-Year-Old Girl with Schizophrenia Treated with Electroconvulsive Therapy

Zeitschrift für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie ◽

10.1024/1422-4917/a000211 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 41 (1) ◽

pp. 69-74 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Frank Häßler ◽

Olaf Reis ◽

Steffen Weirich ◽

Jacqueline Höppner ◽

Birgit Pohl ◽

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Keyword(s):

Case Report ◽

Treatment Response ◽

Electroconvulsive Therapy ◽

Rating Scale ◽

Combined Treatment ◽

Adolescent Patient

This article presents a case of a 14-year-old female twin with schizophrenia who developed severe catatonia following treatment with olanzapine. Under a combined treatment with amantadine, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), and (currently) ziprasidone alone she improved markedly. Severity and course of catatonia including treatment response were evaluated with the Bush-Francis Catatonia Rating Scale (BFCRS). This case report emphasizes the benefit of ECT in the treatment of catatonic symptoms in an adolescent patient with schizophrenic illness.

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