Delirium: A neurologist's view - The neurology of agitation and overactivity

Reviews in Neurological Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 111-118

  Caplan, Louis R ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Agitation; Caudate nucleus; Cingulated gyrus; Delirium; Fusiform gyrus; Limbic system; Lingual gyrus; Overactivity; Temporal lobe

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGITATION; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; AUTOPSY; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CORTICAL SENSORY APHASIA; DELIRIUM; DELIRIUM TREMENS; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERACTIVITY; INJURY; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LOGORRHEA; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROLOGY; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; REVIEW; STROKE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TEMPORAL LOBE; BRAIN; LIMBIC SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSICIAN; RESTLESSNESS;

BRAIN; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; DELIRIUM; HUMANS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; NEUROLOGY; PHYSICIANS; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; STROKE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 80053318101     PISSN: 15452913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3909/rind0261     Document Type: Review

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