A pilot study of schizophrenia-like psychosis in epilepsy using single-photon emission computerised tomography.
In a pilot study, SPECT was used to explore differences in rCBF between a group of patients with schizophrenia-like psychoses of epilepsy (SLPE) and a matched group of epileptic controls. Five patients in each group were investigated and those with SLPE showed significant reductions in the index of rCBF in the left medial temporal region. These differences are being investigated further.
Marshall
E J
EJ
Section of Genetics, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London.
Syed
G M
GM
Fenwick
P B
PB
Lishman
W A
WA
D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000098:blood supply; D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000523:psychology; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000523:psychology; D012039:Regional Blood Flow / Q000502:physiology; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon