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

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  • Additional Information
    • Publication Information:
      Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria (ABP), 2003.
    • Publication Date:
      2003
    • Collection:
      LCC:Psychiatry
    • Abstract:
      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.
    • File Description:
      electronic resource
    • ISSN:
      1809-452X
      1516-4446
    • Relation:
      http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-44462003000100008&tlng=en; http://www.scielo.br/pdf/rbp/v25n1/15152.pdf; https://doaj.org/toc/1809-452X
    • Accession Number:
      10.1590/S1516-44462003000100008
    • Accession Number:
      edsdoj.fac30f36a9d408eb7e6d25670f690f1