title: Left turning (swivel) in manic patients.
abstract: Nineteen bipolar inpatients in manic episodes and 19 normal control subjects were tested on a two-button task which required turning (swiveling) 180 degrees to collect coin-reinforcers. Significantly more right-handed (8/16) manic patients turned left (consistently 16 times to collect reinforcement) than right-handed normal controls (1/15), most of whom turned consistently right 16 times. Right-handed manic patients were also significantly slower with both hands on a motor sequencing task (Pin Test) than the normal controls. Left hemi-spatial preference may be linked to asymmetric striatal dopaminergic activity common to all psychoses.
authors.affiliation: University of California Los Angeles, Neuropsychiatric Institute.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Lyon
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Satz
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fleming
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Green
authors.forename: H S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Bracha
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology