Impairment of the cortical GABAergic inhibitory system in catatonic stupor: A case report with neuroimaging

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 126-131

  Iseki, Kazumi ^a,b,c   Ikeda, Akio ^a   Kihara, Takeshi ^a   Kawamoto, Yasuhiro ^a   Mezaki, Takahiro ^a   Hanakawa, Takashi ^b   Hashikawa, Kazuo ^b   Fukuyama, Hidenao ^b   Shibasaki, Hiroshi ^a,b,d  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^d TAKEDA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Catatonia; EEG; Encephalitis; PET; SPECT

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; DIAZEPAM; FLUMAZENIL; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; GADOLINIUM; PHENYTOIN; VIDARABINE;

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATATONIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STUPOR;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; CATATONIA; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DIAZEPAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS; FLUMAZENIL; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GABA MODULATORS; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; MALE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; STUPOR; TEMPORAL LOBE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 67649708609     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: 19506945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/epd.2009.0257     Document Type: Article

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