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Crying with depressed affect induced by electrical stimulation of the anterior insula: A stereo EEG case study. Epilepsy Behav Rep 2020; 15:100421. [PMID: 33511338 PMCID: PMC7817500 DOI: 10.1016/j.ebr.2020.100421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2020] [Revised: 12/16/2020] [Accepted: 12/17/2020] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Anterior insular stimulation produces reproducible episodes of emotional crying. This is due to activation of complex neural network with its connectivity to the anterior cingulate cortex. This study increases our understanding of the complex functionality of the insula.
Stereo-EEG (sEEG) is an invasive recording technique used to localize the seizure-onset zone for epilepsy surgery in people with drug-resistant focal seizures. Pathological crying reflects disordered emotional expression and the anterior insula is known to play a role in empathy and socio-emotional processing. We describe a patient where electrical stimulation mapping (ESM) of the anterior insula during sEEG generated pathological crying and profound sadness that was time-locked to the electrical stimulus. We evaluated a 35-year-old left-handed female for repeat epilepsy surgery. The patient had drug resistant focal impaired awareness seizures despite a previous left temporal neocortical resection informed by an invasive study using subdural grid and strip electrodes seven years earlier. She was studied invasively with 10 sEEG electrodes sampling temporal, occipital, and insular targets. In the process of functional mapping, stimulation of the anterior insular cortex provoked tearful crying with sad affect, reproducible upon repeat stimulation. Our case is unique in demonstrating transitory pathological crying with profound sadness provoked by ESM of the left anterior insula. Furthermore we demonstrate repeated time-synched crying from electrical stimulation, which supports the hypothesis that the anterior insula in the brain plays an important role in the biology of emotion, as implicated by previous studies.
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Barć K, Szacka K, Nieporęcki K, de Carvalho M, Gromicho M, Grosskreutz J, Petri S, Rödiger A, Steinbach R, Uysal H, Kuźma-Kozakiewicz M. Emotional Lability at Disease Onset Is an Independent Prognostic Factor of Faster Disease Progression in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Aging Dis 2020; 11:1021-1028. [PMID: 33014519 PMCID: PMC7505264 DOI: 10.14336/ad.2019.1120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2019] [Accepted: 11/20/2019] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fast progressing neurodegenerative disease leading to quadriplegia, anarthria and respiratory insufficiency. A large variety of phenotypes and disability progression requires individually tailored management. Identification of predictors of poor prognosis may not only improve management, but also allow for more precise patients’ stratification for clinical trials or research studies. The aim of the study was to investigate the influence of emotional lability present at disease onset on ALS progression by exploring its direct impact on the decay of the ALS Functional Rating Scale-Revised (ALSFRS-R). The study was performed in a group of 1145 patients from Germany, Poland, Portugal and Turkey between 2014 and 2018. The analysis showed that the presence of emotional lability at ALS onset was linked to a faster decline of ALSFRS-R (0.70 vs 0.50, p<0.0001), in case of either bulbar (0.80 vs 0.65, p<0.05) or limb disease onset (0.59 vs 0.46, p <0.01). It was most prominent in the bulbar subscore of ALSFRS-R. A multiple regression analysis showed a direct influence of emotional lability at ALS onset on disease progression, regardless of age, gender, site of onset, weight loss, cognitive impairment and diagnosis delay (β=0.071; p=0.019). It can therefore be concluded that the presence of emotional lability at the disease onset is an independent factor of faster disease progression in ALS.
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- Krzysztof Barć
- 1Department of Neurology, University Clinical Centre of Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- 1Department of Neurology, University Clinical Centre of Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.,2Department of Neurology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- 1Department of Neurology, University Clinical Centre of Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- 3Faculdade de Medicina-IMM, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- 5Department of Neurology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- 4Hans-Berger Department of Neurology, Jena University Hospital, Germany
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- 6Department of Neurology, Akdeniz University Faculty of Medicine, Antalya, Turkey
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- 1Department of Neurology, University Clinical Centre of Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.,2Department of Neurology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.,7Neurodegenerative Diseases Research Group, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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Finegan E, Chipika RH, Li Hi Shing S, Hardiman O, Bede P. Pathological Crying and Laughing in Motor Neuron Disease: Pathobiology, Screening, Intervention. Front Neurol 2019; 10:260. [PMID: 30949121 PMCID: PMC6438102 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2019.00260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2018] [Accepted: 02/26/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Pathological crying and laughing (PCL) has significant quality-of-life implications in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS); it can provoke restrictive life-style modifications and lead to social isolation. Despite its high prevalence and quality of life implications, it remains surprisingly understudied. Divergent pathophysiological models have been proposed, centered on corticobulbar tract degeneration, prefrontal cortex pathology, sensory deafferentation, and impaired cerebellar gate-control mechanisms. Quantitative MRI techniques and symptom-specific clinical instruments offer unprecedented opportunities to elucidate the anatomical underpinnings of PCL pathogenesis. Emerging neuroimaging studies of ALS support the role of cortico-pontine-cerebellar network dysfunction in context-inappropriate emotional responses. The characterization of PCL-associated pathophysiological processes is indispensable for the development of effective pharmacological therapies.
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- Computational Neuroimaging Group, Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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Hakimi M, Maurer CW. Pseudobulbar Affect in Parkinsonian Disorders: A Review. J Mov Disord 2019; 12:14-21. [PMID: 30732430 PMCID: PMC6369372 DOI: 10.14802/jmd.18051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2018] [Accepted: 12/14/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Pseudobulbar affect (PBA) is a neurological symptom of inappropriate and uncontrollable laughter or crying that occurs secondary to a variety of neurological conditions, including parkinsonian disorders. PBA is a socially and emotionally debilitating symptom that has been estimated to affect 3.6% to 42.5% of the population with Parkinson's disease. While indexing measures and treatment options for PBA have been extensively studied in neurological conditions such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and multiple sclerosis, there has been considerably less attention given in the literature to PBA in parkinsonian disorders. The purpose of this review is to discuss the pathophysiology of PBA, its prevalence and impact on quality of life in parkinsonian disorders, and the treatment options currently available. Areas requiring further study, including the development of standardized, cross-culturally validated methods of symptom assessment, and evidence-based studies exploring the efficacy of current treatment options in parkinsonian disorders, are also highlighted.
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- Mathew Hakimi
- Stony Brook University School of Medicine, Stony Brook, NY, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Stony Brook University School of Medicine, Stony Brook, NY, USA
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Wolf ME, Abdallat M, Blahak C, Krauss JK. Pathological crying induced by deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus in Parkinson's disease. J Clin Neurosci 2017; 45:159-161. [PMID: 28887071 DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2017.08.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2017] [Accepted: 08/10/2017] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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We report on a patient with deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the subthalamic nucleus (STN) for Parkinson's disease (PD) who developed pathologic crying (PC) immediately postoperatively. A spread of DBS current to adjacent cortico-ponto-cerebellar pathways might be responsible. In contrast to the few cases published previously, there was no pre-existing additional lesion that would have favoured occurrence of PC. Treating physicians should be aware of DBS-induced PC.
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- Marc E Wolf
- Department of Neurology, Universitaetsmedizin Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Medical School Hannover MHH, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Universitaetsmedizin Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Medical School Hannover MHH, Hannover, Germany
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Philipsson J, Sjöberg RL, Yelnik J, Blomstedt P. Acute severe depression induced by stimulation of the right globus pallidus internus. Neurocase 2017; 23:84-87. [PMID: 28165911 DOI: 10.1080/13554794.2017.1284243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Depressive symptoms may occur after Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) in the subthalamic nucleus. This is often explained by reduced pharmacological treatment after surgery, and not as a direct effect of DBS. Pallidal DBS seems not to be associated with such side effects and have not, to our knowledge, previously been reported. We present a patient with acute depressive symptoms induced by pallidal DBS. We believe this case strengthen the hypothesis that the basal ganglia and structures involved in the functional connectome of these nucleuses play a role not only in regulation of movement but also in regulation of mood.
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- Johanna Philipsson
- a Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Neuroscience , Umeå University , Umeå , Sweden
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- a Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Neuroscience , Umeå University , Umeå , Sweden
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- b Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière , Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris , Paris , France
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- a Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Neuroscience , Umeå University , Umeå , Sweden
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Pycroft L, Boccard SG, Owen SLF, Stein JF, Fitzgerald JJ, Green AL, Aziz TZ. Brainjacking: Implant Security Issues in Invasive Neuromodulation. World Neurosurg 2016; 92:454-462. [PMID: 27184896 DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2016.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2016] [Revised: 05/04/2016] [Accepted: 05/05/2016] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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The security of medical devices is critical to good patient care, especially when the devices are implanted. In light of recent developments in information security, there is reason to be concerned that medical implants are vulnerable to attack. The ability of attackers to exert malicious control over brain implants ("brainjacking") has unique challenges that we address in this review, with particular focus on deep brain stimulation implants. To illustrate the potential severity of this risk, we identify several mechanisms through which attackers could manipulate patients if unauthorized access to an implant can be achieved. These include blind attacks in which the attacker requires no patient-specific knowledge and targeted attacks that require patient-specific information. Blind attacks include cessation of stimulation, draining implant batteries, inducing tissue damage, and information theft. Targeted attacks include impairment of motor function, alteration of impulse control, modification of emotions or affect, induction of pain, and modulation of the reward system. We also discuss the limitations inherent in designing implants and the trade-offs that must be made to balance device security with battery life and practicality. We conclude that researchers, clinicians, manufacturers, and regulatory bodies should cooperate to minimize the risk posed by brainjacking.
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- Laurie Pycroft
- Oxford Functional Neurosurgery, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford, United Kingdom.
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- Oxford Functional Neurosurgery, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Applied Health and Professional Development, Oxford Brookes University, Headington Campus, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physiology, Anatomy, and Genetics, Sherrington Road, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Oxford Functional Neurosurgery, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Oxford Functional Neurosurgery, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Oxford Functional Neurosurgery, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Chattha PK, Greene PE, Ramdhani RA. Pseudobulbar laughter as a levodopa off phenomenon exacerbated by subthalamic deep brain stimulation. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MOVEMENT DISORDERS 2015; 2:13. [PMID: 26788349 PMCID: PMC4711012 DOI: 10.1186/s40734-015-0023-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2015] [Accepted: 07/27/2015] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Pseudobulbar affect is a common symptom in neurodegenerative diseases and can also result from lesions in cortical, subcortical and brainstem regions. In Parkinson’s disease (PD), pseudobulbar affect (PBA) can occur as a wearing off phenomenon, manifested usually as crying without emotionality. In addition, subthalamic (STN) deep brain stimulation (DBS) has been reported to induce PBA in PD patients with no prior history of such episodes. We present a case of inappropriate laughter lacking mirth as a levodopa OFF phenomenon in a patient with PD, whose laughter also worsened with STN-DBS in his non-medicated state. Levodopa ameliorated his PBA both with and without stimulation. The case demonstrates pseudobulbar laughter as a levodopa OFF phenomenon that is also exacerbated by STN-DBS.
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- P K Chattha
- Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland
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- Department of Neurology Division of Movement Disorders, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029 USA
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- Department of Neurology Division of Movement Disorders, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029 USA ; Department of Neurosurgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 5 East 98th St. First Floor, New York, NY 10029 USA
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Guillory SA, Bujarski KA. Exploring emotions using invasive methods: review of 60 years of human intracranial electrophysiology. Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci 2014; 9:1880-9. [PMID: 24509492 PMCID: PMC4249472 DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsu002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2012] [Revised: 01/07/2014] [Accepted: 01/10/2014] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Over the past 60 years, human intracranial electrophysiology (HIE) has been used to characterize seizures in patients with epilepsy. Secondary to the clinical objectives, electrodes implanted intracranially have been used to investigate mechanisms of human cognition. In addition to studies of memory and language, HIE methods have been used to investigate emotions. The aim of this review is to outline the contribution of HIE (electrocorticography, single-unit recording and electrical brain stimulation) to our understanding of the neural representations of emotions. We identified 64 papers dating back to the mid-1950s which used HIE techniques to study emotional states. Evidence from HIE studies supports the existence of widely distributed networks in the neocortex, limbic/paralimbic regions and subcortical nuclei which contribute to the representation of emotional states. In addition, evidence from HIE supports hemispheric dominance for emotional valence. Furthermore, evidence from HIE supports the existence of overlapping neural areas for emotion perception, experience and expression. Lastly, HIE provides unique insights into the temporal dynamics of neural activation during perception, experience and expression of emotional states. In conclusion, we propose that HIE techniques offer important evidence which must be incorporated into our current models of emotion representation in the human brain.
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- Sean A Guillory
- Psychological and Brain Sciences Department, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA and Department of Neurology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, USA
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- Psychological and Brain Sciences Department, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA and Department of Neurology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, USA
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Holguín-Lew JC, Bell V. "When I Want to Cry I Can't": Inability to Cry Following SSRI Treatment. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013; 42:304-10. [PMID: 26573114 DOI: 10.1016/s0034-7450(13)70026-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2012] [Accepted: 01/01/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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INTRODUCTION We describe seven cases of patients with an inability to cry after treatment with selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitor (SSRI) medication, even during sad or distressing situations that would have normally initiated a crying episode, in the light of the role of the serotonergic system in emotional expression. METHOD Case series drawn from patients attended in a secondary care psychiatry service. RESULTS While excessive crying without emotional distress has been previously reported in the literature, and is associated with reduced serotonin function, these reports suggest cases of the reverse dissociation, where emotional distress and an urge to cry was present, but crying was impaired. DISCUSSION Although the case series presented here is new, these cases are consistent with the neuroscience of crying and their relationship with serotonergic function, and provide preliminary evidence for a double dissociation between subjective emotional experience and the behavioural expression of crying. This helps to further illuminate the neuroscience of emotional expression and suggests the possibility that the phenomenon is an under-recognised adverse effect of SSRI treatment.
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- Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College, London, United Kingdom
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Lauterbach EC, Cummings JL, Kuppuswamy PS. Toward a more precise, clinically—informed pathophysiology of pathological laughing and crying. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2013; 37:1893-916. [PMID: 23518269 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2013.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2012] [Revised: 03/01/2013] [Accepted: 03/11/2013] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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King RR, Reiss JP. The epidemiology and pathophysiology of pseudobulbar affect and its association with neurodegeneration. Degener Neurol Neuromuscul Dis 2013; 3:23-31. [PMID: 30890891 PMCID: PMC6065587 DOI: 10.2147/dnnd.s34160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Pseudobulbar affect is a disorder resulting from neurologic damage manifesting as sudden, stereotyped affective outbursts that are not reflective of internal emotion. A literature review was completed to examine the current understanding of the epidemiology, characterization, diagnosis, pathophysiology, and treatment of pseudobulbar affect. This review revealed that it is common in neurodegenerative disorders but is poorly recognized, placing significant impacts on patients and their families. The disorder appears to result from a disruption of the cortico-limbic-subcortical-thalamic-pontocerebellar network involved in emotional expression and regulation with resulting disruptions of neurotransmitter systems. Effective treatment is available with agents such as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and dextromethorphan combined with quinidine, but further well-designed comparative studies are needed. Advances in technology such as neuroimaging may enhance knowledge about the pathophysiology of this disorder, and help guide future interventions.
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- Rebecca R King
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Western Ontario, London Health Sciences Centre, Victoria Hospital, London, Ontario, Canada,
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Western Ontario, London Health Sciences Centre, Victoria Hospital, London, Ontario, Canada,
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Behind the screen: pseudobulbar symptoms after deep brain stimulation. ACTA NEUROCHIRURGICA. SUPPLEMENT 2013; 117:43-6. [PMID: 23652655 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7091-1482-7_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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BACKGROUND Thalamotomy was formerly used to treat different tremor syndromes. Nowadays, deep brain stimulation has become an established technique to treat -different movement disorders. The combination of these two stereotactic interventions is rare. CLINICAL PRESENTATION We present a patient in which a right-sided tremor -syndrome with an underlying pathology of combined essential tremor and Parkinsonian tremor was successfully treated initially with a left-sided thalamotomy and subsequently with -bilateral deep brain stimulation in the subthalamic nucleus. RESULTS Deep brain stimulation in the subthalamic nucleus resulted in hemidystonia, pathological laughing and crying, dysarthria and dysphagia, all due to dislocation of the stimulation electrodes contacting the internal capsule. After discontinuation of the high-frequency stimulation these side-effects disappeared, but were then reactivated by an LCD television in stand-by mode. CONCLUSION In this report we discuss the pathophysiology of pseudobulbar symptoms and pathological laughing and crying in context of thalamotomy and dislocated DBS electrodes. Furthermore, we report on the occurrence that magnetic fields in the household have an impact on deep brain stimulation, even if they are in stand-by mode.
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Bernal-Pacheco O, Oyama G, Foote KD, Dai YE, Wu SS, Jacobson CE, Limotai N, Zeilman PR, Romrell J, Hwynn N, Rodriguez RL, Malaty IA, Okun MS. Taking a better history for behavioral issues pre- and post-deep brain stimulation: issues missed by standardized scales. Neuromodulation 2012; 16:35-9; discussion 39-40. [PMID: 22748071 DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1403.2012.00477.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To screen for potentially underreported behavioral changes in patients with idiopathic Parkinson's disease (PD) pre- and post-deep brain stimulation (DBS), a retrospective data base review was performed. METHODS In total, 113 patients who underwent unilateral or bilateral DBS at the University of Florida in either subthalamic nucleus or globus pallidus internus for PD were screened for behavioral issues by asking about the presence or absence of seven neuropsychiatric symptoms (panic, fear, paranoia, anger, suicidal flashes, crying, and laughing). RESULTS There was a high prevalence of fear (16.3%), panic (14.0%), and anger (11.6%) at baseline in this cohort. In the first six months following DBS implantation, anger (32.6%), fear (26.7%), and uncontrollable crying (26.7%) were the most frequent symptoms reported. Those symptoms also were present following six months of DBS surgery (30.2%, 29.1%, and 19.8%, respectively). New uncontrollable crying occurred more in the acute postoperative stage (less than or equal to six months) (p = 0.033), while new anger occurred more in the chronic postoperative stage (greater than six months) (p = 0.017). The frequency of uncontrollable laughing significantly increased with bilateral DBS (p = 0.033). CONCLUSIONS Many of the neuropsychiatric issues were identified at preoperative baseline and their overall occurrence was more than expected. There was a potential for worsening of these issues post-DBS. There were subtle differences in time course, and in unilateral vs. bilateral implantations. Clinicians should be aware of these potential behavioral issues that may emerge following DBS therapy, and should consider including screening questions in preoperative and postoperative interviews. Standardized scales may miss the presence or absence of these clinically relevant issues.
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- Oscar Bernal-Pacheco
- Departments of Neurology Center for Movement Disorders and Neurorestoration, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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Wojtecki L, Timmermann L, Groiss SJ, Elben S, Reck C, Südmeyer M, Sturm V, Schnitzler A. Long-term time course of affective lability after subthalamic deep brain stimulation electrode implantation. Neurocase 2011; 17:527-32. [PMID: 21707232 DOI: 10.1080/13554794.2010.547507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The mechanism and time course of emotional side effects of subthalamic deep brain stimulation in Parkinson's disease are a matter for discussion. We report a 53-month follow-up of a patient with affective lability. Postoperative lesion plus bilateral stimulation strongly influenced mood in the first week in terms of laughing behavior, while voltage changes had only minor long-term impact up to 37 months on negative emotion, possibly caused by the right electrode stimulating the subthalamic nucleus and adjacent fiber tracts involving the internal capsule. Thus we conclude that affective lability can occur with different temporal dynamics of microlesion, and early and chronic stimulation.
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- Lars Wojtecki
- Institute of Clinical Neuroscience and Medical Psychology & Department of Neurology, Center for Movement Disorders and Neuromodulation, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Germany.
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Morishita T, Foote KD, Burdick AP, Katayama Y, Yamamoto T, Frucht SJ, Okun MS. Identification and management of deep brain stimulation intra- and postoperative urgencies and emergencies. Parkinsonism Relat Disord 2010; 16:153-62. [PMID: 19896407 PMCID: PMC2829374 DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2009.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2009] [Revised: 09/23/2009] [Accepted: 10/01/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Deep brain stimulation (DBS) has been increasingly utilized for the therapeutic treatment of movement disorders, and with the advent of this therapy more postoperative urgencies and emergencies have emerged. In this paper, we will review, identify, and suggest management strategies for both intra- and postoperative urgencies and emergencies. We have separated the scenarios into 1--surgery/procedure related, 2--hardware related, 3--stimulation-induced difficulties, and 4--others. We have included ten illustrative (and actual) case vignettes to augment the discussion of each issue.
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- Takashi Morishita
- Department of Neurology, University of Florida College of Medicine/Shands Hospital, Movement Disorders Center, McKnight Brain Institute, Gainesville, FL
- Department of Neurological Surgery, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Florida College of Medicine/Shands Hospital, Movement Disorders Center, McKnight Brain Institute, Gainesville, FL
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Florida College of Medicine/Shands Hospital, Movement Disorders Center, McKnight Brain Institute, Gainesville, FL
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Division of Applied System Neuroscience, Department of Advanced Medical Science, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Division of Applied System Neuroscience, Department of Advanced Medical Science, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons/Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY
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- Department of Neurology, University of Florida College of Medicine/Shands Hospital, Movement Disorders Center, McKnight Brain Institute, Gainesville, FL
- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Florida College of Medicine/Shands Hospital, Movement Disorders Center, McKnight Brain Institute, Gainesville, FL
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Dormont D, Seidenwurm D, Galanaud D, Cornu P, Yelnik J, Bardinet E. Neuroimaging and deep brain stimulation. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2009; 31:15-23. [PMID: 19749225 DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a1644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
Abstract
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a new neurosurgical method principally used for the treatment of Parkinson disease (PD). Many new applications of DBS are under development, including the treatment of intractable psychiatric diseases. Brain imaging is used for the selection of patients for DBS, to localize the target nucleus, to detect complications, and to evaluate the final electrode contact position. In patients with implanted DBS systems, there is a risk of electrode heating when MR imaging is performed. This contraindicates MR imaging unless specific precautions are taken. Involvement of neuroradiologists in DBS procedures is essential to optimize presurgical evaluation, targeting, and postoperative anatomic results. The precision of the neuroradiologic correlation with anatomic data and clinical outcomes in DBS promises to yield significant basic science and clinical advances in the future.
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Affiliation(s)
- D Dormont
- Cogimage, Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris VI, CRICM, CNRS, UMR 7225, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière AP-HP, Paris, France.
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