title: Increased left anterior insular and inferior prefrontal activity in post-stroke mania.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Post-stroke mania is an infrequent complication after stroke, and the mechanisms underlying this disorder remain unclear. Although a contralesional release phenomenon has been implicated in post-stroke mania, empirical findings are lacking.
  
  
  METHODS
  We present a case report of post stroke mania. Single photon emission tomography (SPECT) was performed twice, during the manic state and during the remitted euthymic state. The first SPECT study performed during the manic state demonstrated hypoperfusion in the right temporal and frontal regions due to right putaminal hemorrhage. It also showed hyperperfusion in the inferior lateral prefrontal lobe, the temporal lobe, and the medial and lateral parts of the parietal lobe in the left hemisphere. The second SPECT study performed during the euthymic state demonstrated moderate improvement in the hypoperfusion in the right fronto-temporal regions. Furthermore, compared to the findings on the first SPECT study, the second study showed that the focal hyperperfusion in the anterior insular cortex, inferior lateral prefrontal lobes, and superior-middle temporal gyrus in the left hemisphere had vanished.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Increased left inferior prefrontal and anterior insular activity and reduced extensive right fronto-temporal lobe activity are involved in the development of post-stroke mania.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuropsychiatry, Ashikaga Red Cross Hospital, Tochigi, Japan.
authors.forename: Akihiro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Koreki
authors.forename: Keisuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takahata
authors.forename: Hajime
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tabuchi
authors.forename: Motoichiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kato
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017397:Prefrontal Cortex / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D020521:Stroke / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon