[Cyclothymia and the brain stem. The question of symptomatic cyclothymia on the basis of observations in insufficiency of the basilar arterial system].
Seven patients with an insufficiency in the basilar arterial system showed a typical endogenous depression. We assumed that the temporal coincidence of neurological and psychial syndromes was not accidental but both were caused by a circulation disturbance in the cerebral stem structures.
D001488:Basilar Artery; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000150:complications*; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000098:blood supply*; D003527:Cyclothymic Disorder / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000209:etiology*
Zyklothymie und Hirnstamm. Ein Beitrag zur Frage der Symptomatischen Zyklothymie aufgrund von Beobachtungen bei Basilarisinsuffizienz.