Diminution of basal ganglia dopaminergic function may play an important role in the generation of akinetic mutism in a patient with anterior cerebral arterial infarct

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 109, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 602-606

  Yang, Chun Pai ^a,c   Huang, Wei Shih ^a   Shih, Hsu Tzu ^a   Lin, Chun Yi ^d   Lu, Ming Kuei ^a   Kao, Chia Hung ^a   Hsieh, Te Chun ^a   Huang, Kai Ju ^a   Lee, Ying Hsuan ^a   Tsai, Chon Haw ^a,b  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c KUANG TIEN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d SHOW CHWAN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

99mTc TRODAT 1; Akinetic mutism; Anterior cerebral artery infarct; Frontal subcortical circuits

Indexed keywords

[2 [[2 [[[3 (4 CHLOROPHENYL) 8 METHYL 8 AZABICYCLO[3.2.1]OCT 2 YL]METHYL](2 MERCAPTOETHYL)AMINO]ETHYL]AMINO]ETHANETHIOLATO]OXOTECHNETIUM TC 99M; DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER; LEVODOPA;

AGED; AKINETIC MUTISM; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; CAMERA; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; RADIOACTIVITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SYMPTOM;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AKINETIC MUTISM; BASAL GANGLIA; CORPUS STRIATUM; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; DOPAMINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; INFARCTION, ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; NERVE NET; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TROPANES;

EID: 34347356623     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2007.04.012     Document Type: Article

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