title: [Poststroke mania].
abstract: Affective disorders are common among post-stroke patients and mainly presented with disorders of the depressive spectrum. Mania is observed in less than 1% of patients after stroke. Mania could develop after stroke in any vascular territory, however most commonly - in case of lesion location in the right hemisphere. It is suggested that its development is related to the abnormalites of cortico-striato-thalamo-cortical circuitry. Diagnosis and treatment of post-stroke mania is conducted by general principals.
authors.affiliation: Kuvatov Republican Clinical Hospital, Ufa, Russia.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Kutlubaev
mesh_terms: D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D020521:Stroke / Q000150:complications*