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

Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria

José A Yaryura-tobias¹  Fugen Neziroglu¹ 

[1] ,Biological Behavioral InstituteNew York,United States

关键词: Obsessions;    Compulsions;    Brain Hemorrhage;    Basal Ganglia;    Obsessão;    Compulsão;    Hemorragia Cerebral;    Gânglios da Base;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1516-44462003000100008

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

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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