Frontal-lobe syndrome and psychosis after damage to the brainstem dopaminergic nuclei

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 260, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 271-274

  Nishio, Yoshiyuki ^a   Ishii, Kazunari ^b   Kazui, Hiroaki ^c   Hosokai, Yoshiyuki ^a   Mori, Etsuro ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Hyogo Brain and Heart Center   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Frontal lobe syndorome; Frontal subcortical circuits; Hallucinations; Mesocorticolimbic dopaminergic system; Rostral brainstem

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN STEM INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; COGNITION; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MESENCEPHALON; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

AGED; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN STEM INFARCTIONS; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DEMENTIA; DOPAMINE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PONS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; TEGMENTUM MESENCEPHALI; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 34547666608     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2007.04.021     Document Type: Article

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