title: Phenobarbital-induced buccolingual dyskinesia in oral apraxia.
abstract: A young woman with oral apraxia and a well-defined brain lesion on CT scan developed buccolingual dyskinesia lasting 40 days after low phenobarbital (PB) doses. Disruption of the corticostriatal glutamatergic pathway from areas 6 and 4 may have been important both in causing oral apraxia and in lowering the threshold for PB-induced buccolingual dyskinesia.
authors: Department of Neurology, University of Sassari, Italy.
authors: G P
authors: GP
authors: Sechi
authors: M R
authors: MR
authors: Piras
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Rosati
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Zuddas
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Ortu
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Tanca
authors: V
authors: V
authors: Agnetti
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001072:Apraxias / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004409:Dyskinesia, Drug-Induced / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D010634:Phenobarbital / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D010634:Phenobarbital