1.
Braz. J. Psychiatry (São Paulo, 1999, Impr.)
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25(4): 262-263, out. 2003.
Artículo
en Inglés
| LILACS
| ID: lil-393480
Asunto(s)
Humanos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Hemorragia de los Ganglios Basales , Trastorno Obsesivo Compulsivo , Tricotilomanía , Hemorragia de los Ganglios Basales/complicaciones , Hemorragia de los Ganglios Basales/terapia , Trastorno Obsesivo Compulsivo/complicaciones , Trastorno Obsesivo Compulsivo/terapia , Remisión Espontánea , Tricotilomanía/complicaciones , Tricotilomanía/terapia
2.
Braz. J. Psychiatry (São Paulo, 1999, Impr.)
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25(1): 40-42, Mar. 2003.
Artículo
en Inglés
| LILACS
| ID: lil-332163
RESUMEN
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