Basal ganglia hemorrhagic ablation associated with temporary suppression of obsessive-compulsive symptoms

Autor:	José A Yaryura-Tobias, Fugen Neziroglu
Jazyk:	English<br />Portuguese
Rok vydání:	2003
Předmět:	Obsessions Compulsions Brain Hemorrhage Basal Ganglia Psychiatry RC435-571
Zdroj:	Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry, Vol 25, Iss 1, Pp 40-42 (2003)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	1809-452X 1516-4446
DOI:	10.1590/S1516-44462003000100008
Popis:	Currently, basal ganglia (BG) are considered regulators of motor and emotional activity. It's operationality encompass Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). The case of a patient suffering with severe OCD is described of note, his symptoms disappeared following a hemorrhage of the left BG. However, once the hemorrhage was reabsorbed his symptoms returned. It is possible that lesions affecting cerebral OCD association circuits may influence the evolution of obsessive-compulsive symptoms.
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