Successful methylphenidate treatment of apathy after subcortical infarcts.

Autor: Watanabe MD; Department of Pharmacy Practice, University of Illinois-Chicago 60612, USA., Martin EM, DeLeon OA, Gaviria M, Pavel DG, Trepashko DW
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The Journal of neuropsychiatry and clinical neurosciences [J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci] 1995 Fall; Vol. 7 (4), pp. 502-4.
DOI: 10.1176/jnp.7.4.502
Abstrakt: A patient with prominent apathy secondary to multiple subcortical infarcts was treated successfully with methylphenidate. SPECT and reaction time testing showed selective improvement of frontal system function, consistent with a recent model of frontal-subcortical circuits and behavior.
Databáze: MEDLINE