[Effective treatment by bifemelane hydrochloride for emotional incontinence and regional blood flow in patient with cerebral infarction].
The authors report that bifermerane hydrochloride treatment improved emotional incontinence in patient with cerebral infarction. Before and after bifermerane hydrochloride treatment, 99mTc-HM PAO single photon emission CT (SPECT) was performed. After treatment, regional cerebral blood flows (CBF) in frontal lobe area increased selectively. These findings suggest that emotional incontinence and decreased CBF of the frontal lobe area were closely associated in this case.
Yamamoto
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M
Department of Neurology, Kagawa Prefectural Central Hospital.
Asanuma
M
M
Ogawa
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N
D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D000368:Aged; D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001559:Benzhydryl Compounds / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000098:blood supply*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012039:Regional Blood Flow / Q000187:drug effects
D000928:Antidepressive Agents; D001559:Benzhydryl Compounds; C031906:bifemelane