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Delavari F, Rafi H, Sandini C, Murray RJ, Latrèche C, Van De Ville D, Eliez S. Amygdala subdivisions exhibit aberrant whole-brain functional connectivity in relation to stress intolerance and psychotic symptoms in 22q11.2DS. Transl Psychiatry 2023; 13:145. [PMID: 37142582 PMCID: PMC10160125 DOI: 10.1038/s41398-023-02458-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2022] [Revised: 04/22/2023] [Accepted: 04/25/2023] [Indexed: 05/06/2023] Open
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The amygdala is a key region in emotional regulation, which is often impaired in psychosis. However, it is unclear if amygdala dysfunction directly contributes to psychosis, or whether it contributes to psychosis through symptoms of emotional dysregulation. We studied the functional connectivity of amygdala subdivisions in patients with 22q11.2DS, a known genetic model for psychosis susceptibility. We investigated how dysmaturation of each subdivision's connectivity contributes to positive psychotic symptoms and impaired tolerance to stress in deletion carriers. Longitudinally-repeated MRI scans from 105 patients with 22q11.2DS (64 at high-risk for psychosis and 37 with impaired tolerance to stress) and 120 healthy controls between the ages of 5 to 30 years were included. We calculated seed-based whole-brain functional connectivity for amygdalar subdivisions and employed a longitudinal multivariate approach to evaluate the developmental trajectory of functional connectivity across groups. Patients with 22q11.2DS presented a multivariate pattern of decreased basolateral amygdala (BLA)-frontal connectivity alongside increased BLA-hippocampal connectivity. Moreover, associations between developmental drops in centro-medial amygdala (CMA)-frontal connectivity to both impaired tolerance to stress and positive psychotic symptoms in deletion carriers were detected. Superficial amygdala hyperconnectivity to the striatum was revealed as a specific pattern arising in patients who develop mild to moderate positive psychotic symptoms. Overall, CMA-frontal dysconnectivity was found as a mutual neurobiological substrate in both impaired tolerance to stress and psychosis, suggesting a role in prodromal dysregulation of emotions in psychosis. While BLA dysconnectivity was found to be an early finding in patients with 22q11.2DS, which contributes to impaired tolerance to stress.
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- Farnaz Delavari
- Developmental Imaging and Psychopathology Laboratory, University of Geneva School of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland.
- Neuro-X Institute, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Geneva, Switzerland.
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- Developmental Imaging and Psychopathology Laboratory, University of Geneva School of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland
- Developmental Clinical Psychology Research Unit, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Developmental Imaging and Psychopathology Laboratory, University of Geneva School of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Psychiatry Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
- Swiss Center for Affective Sciences, University of Geneva, Campus Biotech, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Developmental Imaging and Psychopathology Laboratory, University of Geneva School of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Neuro-X Institute, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Geneva, Switzerland
- Department of Radiology and Medical Informatics, University of Geneva (UNIGE), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Developmental Imaging and Psychopathology Laboratory, University of Geneva School of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland
- Department of Genetic Medicine and Development, University of Geneva School of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland
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Kanemoto K. Psychotic Disorders in Epilepsy: Do They Differ from Primary Psychosis? Curr Top Behav Neurosci 2021; 55:183-208. [PMID: 34426945 DOI: 10.1007/7854_2021_234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Any attempt to compare the definitions of symptoms listed for "primary psychoses" with those adopted in studies of psychoses in patients with epilepsy (PWE) will encounter problems of heterogeneity within both conditions. In this manuscript, five psychotic illnesses listed in Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-5th Edition (DSM-5), that is, brief psychotic illness, schizophreniform disorder, schizophrenia, delusional disorder, and schizoaffective disorder are compared with postictal (or periictal) and interictal psychotic disorders in PWE. After examining definitions of primary psychoses, definitions of psychoses adopted in the papers dealing with postictal and interictal psychoses are summarized. Further, diagnostic criteria of five types of psychotic disorders in PWE proposed in 2007 by Krishnamoorthy et al. are also discussed, which include postictal psychosis, comorbid schizophrenia, iatrogenic psychosis caused by antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) (AED-induced psychotic disorder: AIPD), and forced normalization. Evidently, a comparison between postictal psychosis and schizophrenia is pointless. Likewise, schizophrenia may not be an appropriate counterpart of forced normalization and AIPD, given their acute or subacute course.Based on these preliminary examinations, three questions are selected to compare primary psychoses and psychoses in PWE: Is postictal psychosis different from a brief psychotic disorder? Does epilepsy facilitate or prevent the development of psychosis or vice versa? Is interictal psychosis of epilepsy different from process schizophrenia? In conclusion, antagonism between psychosis and epileptic seizures in a later stage of active epilepsy seems not to be realized without reorganization of the nervous system promoted during an earlier stage. Both genetic predisposition and the summated effects of epileptic activity must be taken into consideration as part of a trial to explain interictal psychosis. Interictal psychosis is an aggregate of miscellaneous disorders, that is, co-morbid schizophrenia, AED-induced psychotic disorders, forced normalization, and "epileptic" interictal psychosis. Data are lacking to conclude whether differences exist between process schizophrenia and "epileptic" interictal psychosis in terms of negative symptoms, specific personal traits, and the "bizarre-ness" of delusory-hallucinatory contents. These discussions may shed light on the essence of process schizophrenia, thus allowing it stand out and receive increased focus.
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OBJECTIVES There is a high rate of psychiatric comorbidity in patients with epilepsy. However, the impact of surgical treatment of refractory epilepsy on psychopathology remains under investigation. We aimed to examine the impact of epilepsy surgery on psychopathology and quality of life at 1-year post-surgery in a population of patients with epilepsy refractory to medication. METHODS This study initially assessed 48 patients with refractory epilepsy using the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis I Disorders (SCID-I), the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and the Quality of Life in Epilepsy Inventory 89 (QOLIE-89) on admission to an Epilepsy Monitoring Unit (EMU) as part of their pre-surgical assessment. These patients were again assessed using the SCID-I, QOLIE-89 and HADS at 1-year follow-up post-surgery. RESULTS There was a significant reduction in psychopathology, particularly psychosis, following surgery at 1-year follow-up (p < 0.021). There were no new cases of de novo psychosis and surgery was also associated with a significant improvement in the quality of life scores (p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS This study demonstrates the impact of epilepsy surgery on psychopathology and quality of life in a patient population with refractory surgery. The presence of a psychiatric illness should not be a barrier to access surgical treatment.
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Campos MG. TUMORES CEREBRALES ASOCIADOS A EPILEPSIA. REVISTA MÉDICA CLÍNICA LAS CONDES 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.rmclc.2017.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022] Open
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Psychosis of epilepsy (POE) is a term applied to a group of psychotic disorders with a distinct phenomenology in which potential etiopathogenic mechanisms are believed to be closely related to a seizure disorder. POE can present as interictal psychotic episodes, which may often differ semiologically from primary schizophrenic disorder. They may present as ictal or postictal psychotic episodes and may be the expression of an iatrogenic process to pharmacologic and/or surgical interventions.Epilepsy and POE have a complex and bidirectional relation, as not only are patients with epilepsy at greater risk of developing a psychotic disorder, but patients with a primary psychotic disorder are also at greater risk of developing epilepsy. The prevalence of POE is more than 7 times higher than the frequency of primary schizophreniform disorders in the general population. While POE has been associated with focal epilepsy of temporal and frontal lobe origin, its etiology and pathophysiology of POE have yet to be established.The treatment of all forms of POE, with the exception of ictal psychotic episodes, requires the use of antipsychotic drugs, preferably the atypical antipsychotic agents with a very low or negligible potential to lower the seizure threshold (eg, risperidone, apiprazole), starting at a low dose with stepwise increments.
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In the grey zone between epilepsy and schizophrenia: alterations in group II metabotropic glutamate receptors. Acta Neurol Belg 2015; 115:221-32. [PMID: 25539775 DOI: 10.1007/s13760-014-0407-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2014] [Accepted: 12/05/2014] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Glutamate is the major excitatory neurotransmitter in the brain. The glutamate system plays an important role in the formation of synapses during brain development and synaptic plasticity. Dysfunctions in glutamate regulation may lead to hyperexcitatory neuronal networks and neurotoxicity. Glutamate excess is possibly of great importance in the pathophysiology of several neurological and psychiatric disorders such as epilepsy and schizophrenia. Interestingly, cross talk between these disorders has been well documented: psychiatric comorbidities are frequent in epilepsy and temporal lobe epilepsy is one of the highest risk factors for developing psychosis. Therefore, dysfunctions in glutamatergic neurotransmission might constitute a common pathological mechanism. A major negative feedback system is regulated by the presynaptic group II metabotropic glutamate (mGlu) receptors including mGlu2/3 receptors. These receptors are predominantly localised extrasynaptically in basal ganglia and limbic structures. Hence, mGlu2/3 receptors are an interesting target for the treatment of disorders like epilepsy and schizophrenia. A dysfunction in the glutamate system may be associated with alterations in mGlu2/3 receptor expression. In this review, we describe the localization of mGlu2/3 receptors in the healthy brain of mice, rats and humans. Secondly, changes in mGlu2/3 receptor density of the brain regions affected in epilepsy and schizophrenia are summarised. Increased mGlu2/3 receptor density might represent a compensatory mechanism of the brain to regulate elevated glutamate levels, while reduced mGlu2/3 receptor density in some brain regions may further contribute to the aberrant hyperexcitability. Further research considering the mGlu2/3 receptor can contribute significantly to the understanding of the etiological and therapeutic role of group II mGlu receptor in epilepsy, epilepsy with psychosis and schizophrenia.
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Heckers S, Konradi C. GABAergic mechanisms of hippocampal hyperactivity in schizophrenia. Schizophr Res 2015; 167:4-11. [PMID: 25449711 PMCID: PMC4402105 DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2014.09.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 198] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2014] [Revised: 09/18/2014] [Accepted: 09/22/2014] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Schizophrenia is associated with abnormalities of hippocampal structure and function. Neuroimaging studies have shown that the hippocampus is hyperactive in schizophrenia. Here we explore GABAergic mechanisms of this hippocampal hyperactivity. The initial evidence for GABAergic abnormalities of the hippocampus in schizophrenia came from post-mortem studies of interneuron number, protein expression, and gene expression. These studies revealed marked decreases in gene and protein expression of somatostatin-positive and parvalbumin-positive interneurons, and indicated reduced interneuron numbers. Animal studies of decreased parvalbumin and NMDA-receptor function have shown that selective abnormalities of hippocampal interneurons mimic some of the cognitive deficits and clinical features of schizophrenia. The post-mortem and animal studies are consistent with the neuroimaging finding of increased hippocampal activity in schizophrenia, which can explain some of the psychotic symptoms and cognitive deficits. Taken together, these findings may guide the development of biomarkers and the development of new treatments for psychosis.
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- Stephan Heckers
- Department of Psychiatry, Vanderbilt University, 1601 23rd Avenue South, Room 3060, Nashville, TN 37212, United States.
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- Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37212, USA
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Thom M, Kensche M, Maynard J, Liu J, Reeves C, Goc J, Marsdon D, Fluegel D, Foong J. Interictal psychosis following temporal lobe surgery: dentate gyrus pathology. Psychol Med 2014; 44:3037-3049. [PMID: 25065503 DOI: 10.1017/s0033291714000452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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BACKGROUND De novo interictal psychosis, albeit uncommon, can develop in patients following temporal lobe surgery for epilepsy. Pathological alterations of the dentate gyrus, including cytoarchitectural changes, immaturity and axonal reorganization that occur in epilepsy, may also underpin co-morbid psychiatric disorders. Our aim was to study candidate pathways that may be associated with the development of interictal psychosis post-operatively in patients with hippocampal sclerosis (HS). METHOD A total of 11 patients with HS who developed interictal psychosis (HS-P) post-operatively were compared with a matched surgical HS group without psychosis (HS-NP). Resected tissues were investigated for the extent of granule cell dispersion, mossy fibre sprouting and calbindin expression in the granule cells. We quantified doublecortin, mini-chromosome maintenance protein 2 (MCM2) and reelin-expressing neuronal populations in the dentate gyrus as well as the distribution of cannabinoid type 1 receptor (CBR1). RESULTS The patterns of neuronal loss and gliosis were similar in both groups. HS-P patients demonstrated less mossy fibre sprouting and granule cell dispersion (p < 0.01) and more frequent reduction in calbindin expression in granule cells. There were no group differences in the densities of immature MCM2, doublecortin and reelin-positive cells. CBR1 labelling was significantly lower in Cornu ammonis area CA4 relative to other subfields (p < 0.01); although reduced staining in all hippocampal regions was noted in HS-P compared with HS-NP patients, the differences were not statistically significant. CONCLUSIONS The alterations in dentate gyrus pathology found in HS-P patients could indicate underlying differences in the cellular response to seizures. These mechanisms may predispose to the development of psychosis in epilepsy and warrant further investigation.
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- M Thom
- Department of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy,University College London,Institute of Neurology, London,UK
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy,University College London,Institute of Neurology, London,UK
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy,University College London,Institute of Neurology, London,UK
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy,University College London,Institute of Neurology, London,UK
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy,University College London,Institute of Neurology, London,UK
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy,University College London,Institute of Neurology, London,UK
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- Division of Neuropathology,National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery,Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG,UK
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy,University College London,Institute of Neurology, London,UK
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy,University College London,Institute of Neurology, London,UK
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Kandratavicius L, Hallak JE, Leite JP. What are the similarities and differences between schizophrenia and schizophrenia-like psychosis of epilepsy? A neuropathological approach to the understanding of schizophrenia spectrum and epilepsy. Epilepsy Behav 2014; 38:143-7. [PMID: 24508393 DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2014.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2013] [Revised: 01/10/2014] [Accepted: 01/12/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) and psychosis coexist more frequently than chance would predict. In this short review, clinical and neuropathological findings of schizophrenia, TLE, and psychosis of epilepsy are described to enhance our understanding of the noncoincidental association between these conditions. In addition, psychosis of epilepsy was included for the first time in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), in the recently launched 5th edition, and improvement in diagnostic criteria was highlighted. Since the hippocampus has long been considered an anatomical area involved in the pathophysiology of TLE and schizophrenia, neuropathological studies of psychoses of epilepsy may contribute to our understanding of the pathophysiology of psychosis in general. The discovery of shared mechanisms and/or affected neurochemicals in TLE and schizophrenia might disclose important clues on the vulnerability of patients with TLE to psychotic symptoms and be an opportunity for new treatment development.
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- Ludmyla Kandratavicius
- Ribeirao Preto School of Medicine, Department of Neurosciences and Behavior, University of Sao Paulo (USP), Brazil; Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Applied Neurosciences (NAPNA), USP, Brazil
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- Ribeirao Preto School of Medicine, Department of Neurosciences and Behavior, University of Sao Paulo (USP), Brazil; Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Applied Neurosciences (NAPNA), USP, Brazil; National Institute of Science and Technology in Translational Medicine (INCT-TM-CNPq), Brazil
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- Ribeirao Preto School of Medicine, Department of Neurosciences and Behavior, University of Sao Paulo (USP), Brazil; Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Applied Neurosciences (NAPNA), USP, Brazil.
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Jordaan GP, Emsley R. Alcohol-induced psychotic disorder: a review. Metab Brain Dis 2014; 29:231-43. [PMID: 24307180 DOI: 10.1007/s11011-013-9457-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2013] [Accepted: 11/21/2013] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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While alcohol-induced psychotic disorder (AIPD) is well recognised, relatively little is known about the condition. We undertook a review of the literature to identify studies on the epidemiology, clinical manifestations, underlying neurobiology and treatment of AIPD. Few prospective studies have been conducted on AIPD. Recent advances have focussed on epidemiological, phenomenological, neuro-imaging, treatment and outcome issues. Current evidence suggests AIPD can be clinically distinguished from alcohol-withdrawal delirium and schizophrenia. The disorder may be more common than previously recognised depending on the inclusion criteria applied. AIPD is associated with high co-morbidity with other psychiatric disorders, high re-hospitalization and mortality rates and suicidal behaviour. Concurrent dysregulation of several neurotransmitter systems may be involved in the pathogenesis of hallucinations in alcohol dependence, and neuro-imaging studies suggest perfusion abnormalities to various brain regions. Antipsychotic treatment remains the preferred treatment for AIPD. The prognosis appears less favourable than previously believed, yet usually good when abstinence can be maintained.
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- Gerhard P Jordaan
- Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, P.O. Box 19063, Tygerberg, 7505, Cape Town, South Africa,
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Neurotrophins in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy with and without psychiatric comorbidities. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 2013; 72:1029-42. [PMID: 24128677 DOI: 10.1097/nen.0000000000000002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Despite the strong association between epilepsy and psychiatric comorbidities, data on clinicopathologic correlations are scant. We previously reported differential mossy fiber sprouting (MFS) in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE) patients with psychosis (MTLE + P) and major depression (MTLE + D). Because neurotrophins (NTs) can promote MFS, here, we investigated MFS, neuronal density and immunoreactivity for the NT nerve growth factor (NGF), brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and neurotrophin 3 (NT3) in hippocampi of 14 MTLE patients without a psychiatric history, 13 MTLE + D, 13 MTLE + P, and 10 control necropsies. Mossy fiber sprouting correlated with granular layer NGF immunoreactivity and seizure frequency. Patients with secondarily generalized seizures exhibited less NGF immunoreactivity versus patients with complex partial seizures. There was greater NT immunoreactivity in MTLE versus control groups but lesser NT immunoreactivity in MTLE + P versus MTLE patients; these findings correlated with neuropsychologic scores. Patients with MTLE + D taking fluoxetine showed greater BDNF immunoreactivity than those not taking fluoxetine; MTLE + P patients taking haloperidol had decreased neuronal density and immunoreactivity for NGF and BDNF in specific subfields versus those not taking haloperidol. There were no differences in NT3 immunoreactivity among the groups. These findings support a close association between MFS and NT expression in the hippocampi of MTLE patients and suggest that distinct structural and neurochemical milieu may contribute to the genesis or maintenance of psychiatric comorbidities in MTLE.
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Cleary RA, Thompson PJ, Thom M, Foong J. Postictal psychosis in temporal lobe epilepsy: Risk factors and postsurgical outcome? Epilepsy Res 2013; 106:264-72. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2013.03.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2012] [Revised: 03/19/2013] [Accepted: 03/25/2013] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Cleary RA, Baxendale SA, Thompson PJ, Foong J. Predicting and preventing psychopathology following temporal lobe epilepsy surgery. Epilepsy Behav 2013; 26:322-34. [PMID: 23246146 DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2012.09.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2012] [Accepted: 09/22/2012] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Less than 3% of temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) surgical outcome studies have investigated the psychiatric sequelae and morbidity associated with surgery. This is disproportionate to the extent of the problem. Variable prevalence rates have been reported for post-surgical depression, anxiety, and interictal psychosis. Until recently, very few studies distinguished de novo postoperative presentations from pre-existing conditions, making it difficult to accurately assess the impact of TLE surgery on psychiatric morbidity. Predictors of de novo postoperative presentations have proved elusive. This current review summarizes the findings from a systematic literature review of the psychiatric morbidity associated with TLE surgery including newly published follow-up data from our own series of 280 surgical patients. A framework for future research, possible pathophysiological mechanisms, and translational models are also discussed.
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- Rebecca A Cleary
- Department of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy, Institute of Neurology, University College London, London WC1N 3BG, UK.
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Kandratavicius L, Lopes-Aguiar C, Bueno-Júnior LS, Romcy-Pereira RN, Hallak JEC, Leite JP. Psychiatric Comorbidities in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy: Possible Relationships between Psychotic Disorders and Involvement of Limbic Circuits. BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY 2012; 34:454-66. [DOI: 10.1016/j.rbp.2012.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2012] [Accepted: 04/23/2012] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Zierhut KC, Schulte-Kemna A, Kaufmann J, Steiner J, Bogerts B, Schiltz K. Distinct structural alterations independently contributing to working memory deficits and symptomatology in paranoid schizophrenia. Cortex 2012; 49:1063-72. [PMID: 23040316 DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2012.08.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2011] [Revised: 03/23/2012] [Accepted: 08/28/2012] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Schizophrenia is considered a brain disease with a quite heterogeneous clinical presentation. Studies in schizophrenia have yielded a wide array of correlations between structural and functional brain changes and clinical and cognitive symptoms. Reductions of grey matter volume (GMV) in the prefrontal and temporal cortex have been described which are crucial for the development of positive and negative symptoms and impaired working memory (WM). Associations between GMV reduction and positive and negative symptoms as well as WM impairment were assessed in schizophrenia patients (symptomatology in 34, WM in 26) and compared to healthy controls (36 total, WM in 26). GMV was determined by voxel-based morphometry and its relation to positive and negative symptoms as well as WM performance was assessed. In schizophrenia patients, reductions of GMV were evident in anterior cingulate cortex, ventrolateral prefrontal cortex (VLPFC), superior temporal cortex, and insula. GMV reductions in the superior temporal gyrus (STG) were associated with positive symptom severity as well as WM impairment. Furthermore, the absolute GMV of VLPFC was strongly related to negative symptoms. These predicted WM performance as well as processing speed. The present results support the assumption of two distinct pathomechanisms responsible for impaired WM in schizophrenia: (1) GMV reductions in the VLPFC predict the severity of negative symptoms. Increased negative symptoms in turn are associated with a slowing down of processing speed and predict an impaired WM. (2) GMV reductions in the temporal and mediofrontal cortex are involved in the development of positive symptoms and impair WM performance, too.
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- Kathrin C Zierhut
- Department of Psychiatry, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany
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Gutierrez-Galve L, Flugel D, Thompson PJ, Koepp MJ, Symms MR, Ron MA, Foong J. Cortical abnormalities and their cognitive correlates in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy and interictal psychosis. Epilepsia 2012; 53:1077-87. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2012.03504.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Kandratavicius L, Hallak JE, Young LT, Assirati JA, Carlotti CG, Leite JP. Differential aberrant sprouting in temporal lobe epilepsy with psychiatric co-morbidities. Psychiatry Res 2012; 195:144-50. [PMID: 21741094 DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2011.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2010] [Revised: 01/05/2011] [Accepted: 06/06/2011] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Psychiatric co-morbidities in epilepsy are common in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). Pathological alterations in TLE are well characterised; however, neuropathologic data are relatively scale regarding the association between psychiatric diseases and epilepsy. Our objective was to evaluate the clinical data of 46 adult TLE patients with and without psychiatric co-morbidities and to correlate the data with hippocampal neuronal density and mossy fiber sprouting. Accordingly, patients were grouped as follows: TLE patients without history of psychiatric disorder (TLE, n=16), TLE patients with interictal psychosis (TLE+P, n=14), and TLE patients with major depression (TLE+D, n=16). Hippocampi from autopsies served as non-epileptic controls (n=10). TLE+P exhibited significantly diminished mossy fiber sprouting and decreased neuronal density in the entorhinal cortex when compared with TLE. TLE+P showed significantly poorer results in verbal memory tasks. TLE+D exhibited significantly increased mossy fiber sprouting length when compared with TLE and TLE+P. Further, a higher proportion of TLE+D and TLE+P presented secondarily generalised seizures than did TLE. Our results indicate that TLE patients with psychiatric disorders have distinct features when compared with TLE patients without psychiatric co-morbidities and that these changes may be involved in either the manifestation or the maintenance of psychiatric co-morbidities in epilepsy.
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- Ludmyla Kandratavicius
- Department of Neurosciences and Behavior, University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil
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Chang YT, Chen PC, Tsai IJ, Sung FC, Chin ZN, Kuo HT, Tsai CH, Chou IC. Bidirectional relation between schizophrenia and epilepsy: a population-based retrospective cohort study. Epilepsia 2011; 52:2036-42. [PMID: 21929680 DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2011.03268.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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PURPOSE Schizophrenia and epilepsy may share a mutual susceptibility. This study examined the bidirectional relation between the two disorders. METHODS We used claims data obtained from the Taiwan National Health Insurance database to conduct retrospective cohort analyses. Analysis 1 compared 5,195 patients with incident schizophrenia diagnosed in 1999-2008 with 20,776 controls without the disease randomly selected during the same period, frequency matched with sex and age. Analysis 2 comprised a similar method to compare 11,527 patients with newly diagnosed epilepsy with 46,032 randomly selected sex- and age-matched controls. At the end of 2008, analysis 1 measured the incidence and risk of developing epilepsy and analysis 2 measured the incidence and risk of developing schizophrenia. KEY FINDINGS In analysis 1, the incidence of epilepsy was higher in the schizophrenia cohort than in the nonschizophrenia cohort (6.99 vs. 1.19 per 1,000 person-years) with an adjusted hazard ratio (aHR) of 5.88 [95% confidence interval (CI) 4.71-7.36] for schizophrenia patients. In analysis 2, the incidence of schizophrenia was higher in the epilepsy cohort than in the nonepilepsy comparison cohort (3.53 vs. 0.46 per 1,000 person-years) with an aHR of 7.65 (95% CI 6.04-9.69) for epilepsy patients. The effect of schizophrenia on subsequent epilepsy was greater for women, but the association between epilepsy and elevated incidence of schizophrenia was more pronounced in men. SIGNIFICANCE We found a strong bidirectional relation between schizophrenia and epilepsy. These two conditions may share common causes. Further studies on the mechanism are required.
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- Yu-Tzu Chang
- Division of Pediatric Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, China Medical University and Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
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Konradi C, Yang CK, Zimmerman EI, Lohmann KM, Gresch P, Pantazopoulos H, Berretta S, Heckers S. Hippocampal interneurons are abnormal in schizophrenia. Schizophr Res 2011; 131:165-73. [PMID: 21745723 PMCID: PMC3159834 DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2011.06.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 223] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2011] [Revised: 06/05/2011] [Accepted: 06/09/2011] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The cellular substrate of hippocampal dysfunction in schizophrenia remains unknown. We tested the hypothesis that hippocampal interneurons are abnormal in schizophrenia, but that the total number of hippocampal neurons in the pyramidal cell layer is normal. METHODS We collected whole hippocampal specimens of 13 subjects with schizophrenia and 20 matched healthy control subjects to study the number of all neurons, the somal volume of neurons, the number of somatostatin- and parvalbumin-positive interneurons and the messenger RNA levels of somatostatin, parvalbumin and glutamic acid decarboxylase 67. RESULTS The total number of hippocampal neurons in the pyramidal cell layer was normal in schizophrenia, but the number of somatostatin- and parvalbumin-positive interneurons, and the level of somatostatin, parvalbumin and glutamic acid decarboxylase mRNA expression were reduced. CONCLUSIONS The study provides strong evidence for a specific defect of hippocampal interneurons in schizophrenia and has implications for emerging models of hippocampal dysfunction in schizophrenia.
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- Christine Konradi
- Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-8548, USA.
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Acioly MA, Carvalho CH, Tatagiba M, Gharabaghi A. The parahippocampal gyrus as a multimodal association area in psychosis. J Clin Neurosci 2011; 17:1603-5. [PMID: 20817470 DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2010.03.052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2010] [Revised: 03/16/2010] [Accepted: 03/17/2010] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Temporal lobe lesions may lead to schizophrenia-like psychosis, a phenomenon resembling psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia. We discuss a patient with a temporo-basal low-grade glioma presenting with bimodal hallucinosis (visual and auditory), a symptom set that is rarely described in psychotic disorders associated with morphological correlates. In light of a literature review of patients experiencing similar bimodal psychotic symptoms and electrophysiological data obtained in non-human primates, we suggest the parahippocampal gyrus to be a multimodal association area with bimodal units.
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- Marcus André Acioly
- Department of Neurosurgery, Eberhard Karls University Hospital, Tübingen, Germany
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Sundram F, Cannon M, Doherty CP, Barker GJ, Fitzsimons M, Delanty N, Cotter D. Neuroanatomical correlates of psychosis in temporal lobe epilepsy: voxel-based morphometry study. Br J Psychiatry 2010; 197:482-92. [PMID: 21119155 DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.110.080218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Temporal lobe epilepsy is associated with a significant risk of psychosis but there are only limited studies investigating the underlying neurobiology. AIMS To characterise neuroanatomical changes in temporal lobe epilepsy and comorbid psychosis. METHOD The study population comprised all individuals with temporal lobe epilepsy on the epilepsy database at the National Centre for Epilepsy and Epilepsy Neurosurgery in Ireland (Beaumont Hospital) between 2002 and 2006. Ten people with temporal lobe epilepsy with psychosis were matched for age, gender, handedness, epilepsy duration, seizure laterality, severity of epilepsy and anti-epileptic medication with ten comparison participants with temporal lobe epilepsy only. Participants received a magnetic resonance imaging scan and voxel-based morphometry analyses were applied to grey and white matter anatomy. RESULTS Significant grey matter reduction was found bilaterally in those with temporal lobe epilepsy with psychosis in the temporal lobes in the inferior, middle and superior temporal gyri and fusiform gyri, and unilaterally in the left parahippocampal gyrus and hippocampus. Significant extratemporal grey matter reduction was found bilaterally in the insula, cerebellum, caudate nuclei and in the right cingulum and left inferior parietal lobule. Significant white matter reduction in those with temporal lobe epilepsy with psychosis was found bilaterally in the hippocampus, parahippocampal/fusiform gyri, middle/inferior temporal gyri, cingulum, corpus callosum, posterior thalamic radiation, anterior limb of internal capsule and white matter fibres from the caudate nuclei, and unilaterally in the left lingual gyrus and right midbrain and superior temporal gyrus. CONCLUSIONS Significant grey and white matter deficits occur in temporal lobe epilepsy with psychosis. These encompass the medial temporal lobe structures but also extend to lateral temporal and extratemporal regions. Some of these deficits overlap with those found in schizophrenia.
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- Frederick Sundram
- Department of Psychiatry, Education and Research Centre, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
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Kasper BS, Taylor DC, Janz D, Kasper EM, Maier M, Williams MR, Crow TJ. Neuropathology of epilepsy and psychosis: the contributions of J.A.N. Corsellis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010; 133:3795-805. [PMID: 20817923 DOI: 10.1093/brain/awq235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Professor J.A.N. Corsellis, whose life and work is recalled here, gained great insight into the meaning of morphological cerebral aberrations found in neuropsychiatric disease through exact neuropathological investigations of tissue specimens obtained from patients with distinct syndromes. He was a leading authority in the field. We have searched and compiled resources relating to J.A.N. Corsellis' life and work, including personal memories from colleagues and data from scientific publications. J.A.N. Corsellis made seminal contributions to the understanding of neuropsychiatric disease; his works substantially added to the understanding of the dementias, schizophrenia and the psychoses, and morphological sequelae of boxing. In seizure disorders, his name is linked to the first description of focal cortical dysplasia and limbic encephalitis, the pathology of status epilepticus and Ammon's horn sclerosis, and the systematic investigation of epilepsy surgery specimens in general. Both his life and work are closely linked to Runwell Hospital, Wickford, Essex and the Maudsley Hospital. During his professional life he established a large brain bank, now known as the Corsellis Collection. J.A.N. Corsellis had significant impact on neuroscience; many of his observations were groundbreaking and are still valid.
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- Burkhard S Kasper
- Epilepsy Centre, Department of Neurology, University of Erlangen, 91054 Erlangen, Germany.
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Blanc F, Berna F, Fleury M, Lita L, Ruppert E, Ferriby D, Vermersch P, Vidailhet P, de Seze J. Évènements psychotiques inauguraux de sclérose en plaques ? Rev Neurol (Paris) 2010; 166:39-48. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neurol.2009.04.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2008] [Revised: 04/20/2009] [Accepted: 04/26/2009] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Elliott B, Joyce E, Shorvon S. Delusions, illusions and hallucinations in epilepsy: 2. Complex phenomena and psychosis. Epilepsy Res 2009; 85:172-86. [PMID: 19442490 DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2009.03.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2008] [Revised: 03/08/2009] [Accepted: 03/15/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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In this second paper the clinical features and electrophysiological underpinnings of more complex psychotic states associated with epilepsy are reviewed. (a) Complex partial status epilepticus, in particular of temporal lobe origin, may result in mental states remarkably similar to those seen in the primary psychoses. This non-convulsive state is associated with prolonged epileptic discharges on intracranial stereoelectroencephalography (SEEG) in hippocampal and other mesial temporal structures, sometimes without abnormalities on the scalp EEG. Where hallucinatory or psychotic symptomatology does occurs, it can be considered an examples of an ictal psychosis. The phenomenology and electrophysiological features of this condition are reviewed. (b) Postictal psychosis is noted for its similarity to schizophrenia-like/paranoid and affective psychoses and there is convincing SEEG evidence that, for some cases at least, the psychosis is not in fact postictal but rather an ictal psychosis due to ongoing limbic seizure activity and a form of non-convulsive status epilepticus. It has been suggested that postictal psychosis should be divided into two sub-groups: the classical 'nuclear' postictal type and an atypical periictal type. (c) Interictal hallucinosis in epilepsy has been poorly studied, but is probably commoner than appreciated. To what extent it represents subclinical epileptic discharges (i.e. auras) is not known. It may interestingly also be associated with abnormal affective states in epilepsy. (d) The interictal psychosis of epilepsy is often indistinguishable from primary schizophrenia. It occurs more commonly in temporal lobe (limbic) epilepsy, in those with frequent seizures and only in patients with a long history of epilepsy (usually over 10 years). There is convincing SEEG evidence of frequent, semi-continuous and sometimes continuous epileptic activity in limbic structures at the time of psychotic and hallucinatory ideation and behaviour, suggesting that in some cases at least, the epileptic activity is the cause of the symptoms. Whether the psychosis is directly 'driven' by subclinical electrographic activity or is indirectly a consequence of function change induced by such activity is not clear. An intriguing question also arises as to whether similar electrophysiological changes could underpin psychosis in patients without epilepsy but evidence on this point is sparse. The effects of temporal lobe surgery on the psychoses of epilepsy are described and these might throw light on the mechanisms of epileptic psychosis. The principles of pharmacological therapy of epileptic hallucinosis and psychosis are outlined.
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- Brent Elliott
- Department of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, United Kingdom
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Individuals with epilepsy are at increased risk of having psychotic symptoms that resemble those of schizophrenia. More controversial and less searched is if schizophrenia is a risk factor for epilepsy. Here we review overlapping epidemiological, clinical, neuropathological and neuroimaging features of these two diseases. We discuss the role of temporal and other brain areas in the development of schizophrenia-like psychosis of epilepsy. We underline the importance of ventricular enlargement in both conditions as a phenotypic manifestation of a shared biologic liability that might relate to abnormalities in neurodevelopment. We suggest that genes implicated in neurodevelopment may play a common role in both conditions and speculate that recently identified causative genes for partial complex seizures with auditory features might help explain the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. These particularly include the leucine-rich glioma inactivated (LGI) family gene loci overlap with genes of interest for psychiatric diseases like schizophrenia. Finally, we conclude that LGI genes associated with partial epilepsy with auditory features might also represent genes of interest for schizophrenia, especially among patients with prominent auditory hallucinations and formal thought disorder.
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Velakoulis D, Walterfang M, Mocellin R, Pantelis C, McLean C. Frontotemporal dementia presenting as schizophrenia-like psychosis in young people: clinicopathological series and review of cases. Br J Psychiatry 2009; 194:298-305. [PMID: 19336778 DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.108.057034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND Few studies have investigated the relationship between schizophrenia and frontotemporal dementia. AIMS To investigate this relationship through a clinicopathological investigation of young-onset frontotemporal dementia and a review of the case literature. METHOD Cases of young-onset frontotemporal dementia were identified within the local brain bank. The clinical course and pathological findings were collated. For the literature review, cases of frontotemporal dementia identified through Medline were selected according to defined criteria. The demographic, clinical, pathological and genetic characteristics of cases presenting with a psychotic illness were identified. RESULTS In the case series, 5 of 17 patients with frontotemporal dementia had presented with a psychotic illness (schizophrenia/schizoaffective disorder n=4, bipolar disorder n=1) an average of 5 years prior to the dementia diagnosis. Patients with schizophrenia exhibited changes consistent with TDP-43 and ubiquitin-positive frontotemporal dementia. In the cases review, a third of patients aged 30 years or under and a quarter of those aged 40 years or under had been diagnosed with psychosis at presentation. CONCLUSIONS Patients with young-onset frontotemporal dementia may be diagnosed with a psychotic illness years before the dementia diagnosis is made. These findings have implications for clinicians and for our further understanding of the neurobiology of psychotic illness.
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- D Velakoulis
- Neuropsychiatry Unit, Level 2 John Cade Building, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia.
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Angelopoulos E, Gatzonis S, Siatouni A, Angelakis E, Sakas DE. Remission of drug-resistant epileptic psychosis following left selective amygdalohippocampectomy. Epilepsy Behav 2009; 14:393-5. [PMID: 18706520 DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2008.07.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2008] [Revised: 07/23/2008] [Accepted: 07/26/2008] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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We describe two female patients with drug-resistant mesial temporal lobe epilepsy and chronic drug-resistant psychosis. In both patients, MRI scans revealed left mesial temporal sclerosis. After clinical assessment, ictal video/EEG monitoring, and a neuropsychological evaluation including Wada testing, the patients underwent selective left amygdalohippocampectomy. Since the operation, the two patients have remained free of seizures for 17 and 15 months. During the same period, both patients have sustained a full remission of the psychosis.
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- Elias Angelopoulos
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Athens Medical School, Eginition Hospital, Athens, Greece.
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Adams SJ, O'Brien TJ, Lloyd J, Kilpatrick CJ, Salzberg MR, Velakoulis D. Neuropsychiatric morbidity in focal epilepsy. Br J Psychiatry 2008; 192:464-9. [PMID: 18515901 DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.107.046664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND Previous work has identified elevated prevalence rates for psychiatric disorders in individuals with medically refractory focal epilepsy, particularly temporal lobe epilepsy. Many studies were undertaken before the advent of video electroencephalogram monitoring (VEM) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). AIMS To investigate which characteristics of the focal epilepsy syndromes are associated with the presence of depression or psychosis. METHOD Three hundred and nineteen individuals with focal epilepsy admitted for VEM were seen over an 11-year period. The lifetime history of depression and psychosis, epileptic site, laterality and type of lesion were determined by clinical assessment, VEM and MRI scan. RESULTS There was a significant association between the prevalence of depressive symptoms and non-lesional focal epilepsy. There were no significant differences in prevalence of neuropsychiatric disorders between the groups with temporal lobe epilepsy and those with extratemporal lobe epilepsy. CONCLUSIONS These findings contrast with previous findings in smaller cohorts. The association between non-lesional focal epilepsy and depression may be due to the effects of a more diffuse epileptogenic area.
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- Sophia J Adams
- Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre, The University of Melbourne and Royal Melbourne Hospital, Level 2, John Cade Building, Melbourne, Australia.
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Caplan JP, Epstein LA, Stern TA. Consultants' conflicts: a case discussion of differences and their resolution. PSYCHOSOMATICS 2008; 49:8-13. [PMID: 18212170 DOI: 10.1176/appi.psy.49.1.8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Conflicts among consultants are frequent in general hospitals. Unfortunately, such disputes are rarely resolved to the satisfaction of all concerned. The authors discuss the conflicts that may arise among consultants and review techniques that can lead to more effective collaboration. Authors review the literature on consultants' conflicts and discuss strategies for their resolution. They present the case of a man with neuropsychiatric symptoms and discuss how practitioners of psychiatry and neurology often approach differential diagnosis, work-up, and treatment of challenging cases. The consultants were able to find several points of agreement and generated a workable plan that led to improvement in the patient's symptoms. Conflict among medical consultants is poorly described in the literature. However, an understanding of conflict and strategies for its resolution can lead to improved patient care. Conflict is a common and virtually unavoidable aspect of multidisciplinary care. However, effective tools exist that can help physicians embrace, rather than avoid, conflict, and lead to more effective collaboration. Effective management of interdisciplinary conflict improves communication, assists in medical decision-making, and, most importantly, improves the delivery of patient care.
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Jalili M, Lavoie S, Deppen P, Meuli R, Do KQ, Cuénod M, Hasler M, De Feo O, Knyazeva MG. Dysconnection topography in schizophrenia revealed with state-space analysis of EEG. PLoS One 2007; 2:e1059. [PMID: 17957243 PMCID: PMC2020441 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2007] [Accepted: 10/01/2007] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Background The dysconnection hypothesis has been proposed to account for pathophysiological mechanisms underlying schizophrenia. Widespread structural changes suggesting abnormal connectivity in schizophrenia have been imaged. A functional counterpart of the structural maps would be the EEG synchronization maps. However, due to the limits of currently used bivariate methods, functional correlates of dysconnection are limited to the isolated measurements of synchronization between preselected pairs of EEG signals. Methods/Results To reveal a whole-head synchronization topography in schizophrenia, we applied a new method of multivariate synchronization analysis called S-estimator to the resting dense-array (128 channels) EEG obtained from 14 patients and 14 controls. This method determines synchronization from the embedding dimension in a state-space domain based on the theoretical consequence of the cooperative behavior of simultaneous time series—the shrinking of the state-space embedding dimension. The S-estimator imaging revealed a specific synchronization landscape in schizophrenia patients. Its main features included bilaterally increased synchronization over temporal brain regions and decreased synchronization over the postcentral/parietal region neighboring the midline. The synchronization topography was stable over the course of several months and correlated with the severity of schizophrenia symptoms. In particular, direct correlations linked positive, negative, and general psychopathological symptoms to the hyper-synchronized temporal clusters over both hemispheres. Along with these correlations, general psychopathological symptoms inversely correlated within the hypo-synchronized postcentral midline region. While being similar to the structural maps of cortical changes in schizophrenia, the S-maps go beyond the topography limits, demonstrating a novel aspect of the abnormalities of functional cooperation: namely, regionally reduced or enhanced connectivity. Conclusion/Significance The new method of multivariate synchronization significantly boosts the potential of EEG as an imaging technique compatible with other imaging modalities. Its application to schizophrenia research shows that schizophrenia can be explained within the concept of neural dysconnection across and within large-scale brain networks.
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- Mahdi Jalili
- École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), IC – School of Computer and Communication Sciences, Laboratory of Nonlinear Systems (ICLANOS), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Center for Psychiatric Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Center for Psychiatric Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Radiology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Center for Psychiatric Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Center for Psychiatric Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), IC – School of Computer and Communication Sciences, Laboratory of Nonlinear Systems (ICLANOS), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Microelectronic Engineering, University College Cork, Cork City, Ireland
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- Department of Radiology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Department of Neurology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Roberts GW, Royston MC, Götz M. Pathology of cortical development and neuropsychiatric disorders. CIBA FOUNDATION SYMPOSIUM 2007; 193:296-321. [PMID: 8727498 DOI: 10.1002/9780470514795.ch15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Epilepsy is a well-documented consequence of about 150 rare genetic syndromes and malformations of the central nervous system. These syndromes are generally associated with fairly gross defects within the central nervous system and they were thought to be responsible for a small minority of cases. However, improved methods of neuropathological investigations and extensive magnetic resonance imaging studies have revealed a range of disturbances in cortical cytoarchitecture in patients with epileptic seizures previously considered as idiopathic (up to 70% of epilepsy). Structural abnormalities have also been demonstrated in the brain in schizophrenia. These consist of disturbed cortical cytoarchitecture (best described in the temporal lobe) and a diffuse loss of grey matter. The absence of the pathological stigma characteristic of degenerative processes indicates that these structural changes are the result of an abnormal pattern of brain development. The relationship between the type and location of developmental abnormality and the subsequent clinical syndrome (e.g. generalized or localized epilepsy) and the effects of aberrant cortical development on the functional integrity of the adult brain require definition.
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- G W Roberts
- Department of Molecular Neuropathology, SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals, Harlow, Essex, UK
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Foong J, Flugel D. Psychiatric outcome of surgery for temporal lobe epilepsy and presurgical considerations. Epilepsy Res 2007; 75:84-96. [PMID: 17600682 DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2007.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2006] [Revised: 03/14/2007] [Accepted: 05/14/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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In recent years, surgery has become a treatment option for some patients with intractable epilepsy, particularly those with temporal lobe epilepsy. Psychiatric disturbances may complicate the postsurgical outcome in some patients and de novo psychiatric symptoms have been reported. In many but not all epilepsy surgical centres, a psychiatric assessment is included as part of the presurgical evaluation of potential candidates for surgery. This review indicates that affective disorders, namely, depression and anxiety, and psychosis are the most frequently reported postsurgical psychiatric disturbances. Whilst there are no absolute psychiatric contraindications to surgery, certain pre-existing psychiatric conditions may need careful consideration as there may be a risk of postsurgical psychiatric complications. Routine pre- and postsurgical psychiatric evaluations in patients undergoing epilepsy surgery are recommended. Clinicians involved in the care of surgical candidates should be aware of the possible psychiatric complications following surgery and ensure that the psychiatric risks are discussed with the patient and family.
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- J Foong
- Department of Neuropsychiatry, The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, UK.
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Rothenhäusler HB. [Clinical features, diagnosis, and treatment of dysphoric states and psychoses associated with epilepsy]. DER NERVENARZT 2006; 77:1381-91; quiz 1392. [PMID: 17061130 DOI: 10.1007/s00115-006-2186-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Although dysphoric states and psychoses represent clinically relevant psychiatric complications in patients with epilepsy, their symptomatologies are complex and therefore frequently underrecognized and undertreated in daily psychiatric routine. Detecting dysphoric states and psychoses secondary to the psychotropic effects of various antiepileptic drugs is often challenging, even for the most experienced psychiatrists. This article gives an overview of epidemiology, clinical features, diagnosis, and therapy of interictal, peri-ictal, and alternative dysphoric states and psychoses in patients with epilepsy. Further, potential drug interactions between antiepileptic and psychiatric medications are discussed.
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- H-B Rothenhäusler
- Universitätsklinik für Psychiatrie der Medizinischen Universität Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 31, 8036 Graz.
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Flügel D, Cercignani M, Symms MR, Koepp MJ, Foong J. A magnetization transfer imaging study in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy and interictal psychosis. Biol Psychiatry 2006; 59:560-7. [PMID: 16165106 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2005.07.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2005] [Revised: 07/05/2005] [Accepted: 07/12/2005] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Findings from previous neuropathological and neuroimaging studies in patients with epilepsy and interictal psychosis have been inconclusive, and both focal and widespread brain abnormalities have been reported. Thus, further investigation with advanced in vivo magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques, such as magnetization transfer imaging, capable of detecting more subtle brain abnormalities, is warranted. METHODS Twenty patients with temporal lobe epilepsy and interictal psychosis were compared with 20 nonpsychotic patients. Patients were matched with respect to conventional MRI findings. Each group comprised of 10 patients with hippocampal sclerosis (6 left, 4 right) and 10 patients without focal lesions on MRI. A voxel-based analysis was used for the group comparisons. RESULTS Voxel-based analysis revealed significant reductions of magnetization transfer ratio (an index of signal loss derived from magnetization transfer imaging) in the left superior and middle temporal gyri in the psychotic patients for the subgroup of patients with no focal lesions on MRI. There were no significant volumetric differences between the psychotic and nonpsychotic patients. CONCLUSIONS Focal cortical magnetization transfer ratio abnormalities in the left temporal lobe unrelated to volume changes can be demonstrated in some temporal lobe epilepsy patients with interictal psychosis. Our findings might reflect subtle neuropathological abnormalities that are undetected by conventional MRI.
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- Dominique Flügel
- Department of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy, Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom
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Shaw P, Mellers J, Henderson M, Polkey C, David AS, Toone BK. Schizophrenia-like psychosis arising de novo following a temporal lobectomy: timing and risk factors. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004; 75:1003-8. [PMID: 15201360 PMCID: PMC1739094 DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2003.022392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To clarify risk factors for the development of schizophrenia-like psychotic disorders following temporal lobectomy, and to explore the possibility that the early postoperative period is a time of high risk for the onset of such chronic psychotic disorders. METHODS Patients who developed schizophrenia-like psychosis were identified from a series of 320 patients who had a temporal lobectomy for medically intractable epilepsy. The relationship of their disorders to both the operation and subsequent seizure activity was examined. Using a retrospective case-control design, risk factors for the development of schizophrenia-like psychosis were established. RESULTS Eleven patients who developed schizophrenia-like psychosis postoperatively were identified and compared with 33 control subjects who remained free of psychosis postoperatively. The onset of de novo psychotic symptoms was typically in the first year following the operation. No clear relationship between postoperative seizure activity and fluctuations in psychotic symptoms emerged. Compared with the controls, patients who become psychotic had more preoperative bilateral electroencephalogram (EEG) abnormalities, pathologies other than mesial temporal sclerosis in the excised lobe and a smaller amygdala on the unoperated side. CONCLUSIONS Temporal lobectomy for medically intractable epilepsy may precipitate a schizophrenia-like psychosis. Patients with bilateral functional and structural abnormalities, particularly of the amygdala, may be at particular risk for the development of such psychoses.
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- Departments of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry and Guy's, King's and St Thomas' Medical School, London, UK.
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Ando N, Morimoto K, Watanabe T, Ninomiya T, Suwaki H. Enhancement of central dopaminergic activity in the kainate model of temporal lobe epilepsy: implication for the mechanism of epileptic psychosis. Neuropsychopharmacology 2004; 29:1251-8. [PMID: 15039765 DOI: 10.1038/sj.npp.1300427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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There is an increased incidence of schizophrenia-like psychosis in temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), and several risk factors have been implicated, including the duration of epilepsy and temporal lobe neuropathology. To investigate the biological mechanism of epileptic psychosis, we examined alterations of central dopaminergic systems in the kainate model of TLE. In adult rats, kainate was microinjected into the left amygdala to induce status epilepticus. An indirect dopamine agonist methamphetamine (MAP, 2 mg/kg, i.p.) was administered before and 1 month after the kainate treatment. MAP-induced locomotor activity was significantly enhanced in the kainate group compared with the baseline (pre-kainate) level, which was antagonized by pretreatment with haloperidol. The enhancement of locomotor activity in the kainate group was significantly correlated with the density of hippocampal CA1 neurons. Although the basal extracellular dopamine concentration was significantly lower in the striatum in the kainate group than in the control group (5.5 vs 39.2 fmol/20-min sample), the maximal concentration following MAP administration did not differ between the two groups. These results clearly demonstrate that hypersensitivity of the dopamine systems develops in the chronic phase of the kainate-induced TLE model, which may be responsible for the mechanism of epileptic psychosis.
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- Nobuo Ando
- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan.
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Harrison PJ. The hippocampus in schizophrenia: a review of the neuropathological evidence and its pathophysiological implications. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 2004; 174:151-62. [PMID: 15205886 DOI: 10.1007/s00213-003-1761-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 518] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2003] [Accepted: 11/25/2003] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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This paper puts the case for the hippocampus as being central to the neuropathology and pathophysiology of schizophrenia. The evidence comes from a range of approaches, both in vivo (neuropsychology, structural and functional imaging) and post mortem (histology, morphometry, gene expression, and neurochemistry). Neuropathologically, the main positive findings concern neuronal morphology, organisation, and presynaptic and dendritic parameters. The results are together suggestive of an altered synaptic circuitry or "wiring" within the hippocampus and its extrinsic connections, especially with the prefrontal cortex. These changes plausibly represent the anatomical component of the aberrant functional connectivity that underlies schizophrenia. Glutamatergic pathways are prominently but not exclusively affected. Changes appear somewhat greater in the left hippocampus than the right, and CA1 is relatively uninvolved compared to other subfields. Hippocampal pathology in schizophrenia may be due to genetic factors, aberrant neurodevelopment, and/or abnormal neural plasticity; it is not due to any recognised neurodegenerative process. Hippocampal involvement is likely to be associated with the neuropsychological impairments of schizophrenia rather than with its psychotic symptoms.
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- Paul J Harrison
- Department of Psychiatry, Neurosciences Building, Warneford Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7JX, UK.
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A recent article classifies paraphrenia within the tauopathy spectrum [Acta Neuropathol., 103 (2002) 313]. More specifically, neurofibrillary changes appear restricted to the hippocampus and are accompanied by scant amyloid deposition. The present study adds the preservation of hippocampal (CA1) pyramidal cell numbers to the neuropathological findings of paraphrenia. The lack of cell loss not only distinguishes paraphrenia from Alzheimer's disease but offers, in addition, a marked similarity to a condition denoted in the medical literature as senile dementia with tangles.
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- Manuel F Casanova
- Medical College of Georgia, Downtown VA Medical Center (24), 26-Psychiatry Service, Room# 3B-121, One Freedom Way, Augusta, GA 30910-6285, USA.
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Fudge JL, Emiliano AB. The extended amygdala and the dopamine system: another piece of the dopamine puzzle. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci 2003; 15:306-16. [PMID: 12928506 PMCID: PMC2394680 DOI: 10.1176/jnp.15.3.306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The dopamine (DA) system has long been associated with the pathophysiology of psychosis. The DA theory of schizophrenia continues to find support in neuroreceptor imaging and ligand-binding studies that show excess DA transmission in patients, as compared to controls. The pathways that regulate the primate DA system, however, have yet to be fully elucidated. The amygdala, including its extended amygdala component, is involved in evaluating the emotional value of sensory stimuli. Since emotionally relevant sensory stimuli are distorted during psychotic episodes, we hypothesize that amygdaloid influences are likely to be significant modulators of the DA system. We reviewed evidence for direct projections from the central extended amygdala to specific subpopulations of DA neurons, and we discuss how these pathways may serve as important conduits of emotionally relevant information that can have immediate and long-term effects on DA regulation.
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- Julie L Fudge
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14642, USA.
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van der Feltz-Cornelis C. Treatment of interictal psychiatric disorder in epilepsy. II. Chronic psychosis. Acta Neuropsychiatr 2002; 14:44-8. [PMID: 26983867 DOI: 10.1034/j.1601-5215.2002.140107.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND Interictal psychosis is a serious comorbid condition in epilepsy patients that would benefit from treatment with psychotropic medication. OBJECTIVE This paper gives an overview of the pathophysiology, symptomatology and treatment of the schizophrenia-like psychosis of epilepsy. Use of the term 'interictal chronic psychosis' is suggested, to conform to current DSM-IV classification of schizophrenia. METHODS Literature review supplemented by clinical experience. There is a lack of randomized control trials (RCTs) concerning effectiveness and side-effects of neuroleptics in epilepsy patients. RESULTS Hypotheses concerning the pathophysiology of the interictal chronic psychosis are discussed. The concept of forced normalization and alternative psychosis is based on case descriptions, and was not substantiated by systematic research. The kindling hypothesis seems promising, but was never confirmed in humans. A third theory, supported by some studies, suggests that inhibitory cerebral mechanisms enhance psychotic symptoms in epilepsy patients. Treatment strategies are based on case studies and open studies by lack of RCTs. Treatment should consider the optimalization of the dosage of antiepileptics in combination with one or two antidepressants, mood stabilizers and/or atypical neuroleptics. Surgery plays no significant role in the treatment of treatment-refractive epilepsy with interictal chronic psychotic symptoms. CONCLUSION There is a prominent role of antidepressant or double antidepressant treatment strategies in patients with epilepsy and interictal chronic psychosis compared with treatment guidelines of chronic psychotic patients in general psychiatry.
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Malmgren K, Starmark JE, Ekstedt G, Rosén H, Sjöberg-Larsson C. Nonorganic and Organic Psychiatric Disorders in Patients after Epilepsy Surgery. Epilepsy Behav 2002; 3:67-75. [PMID: 12609355 DOI: 10.1006/ebeh.2001.0304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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This study aimed at describing preoperative psychiatric morbidity in a consecutive series of 70 epilepsy patients who were surgically treated and to analyze postoperative psychiatric morbidity and predisposing factors. Nonorganic (DSM-III-R) and organic (Lindqvist-Malmgren diagnostic system) psychiatric morbidity was prospectively assessed preoperatively and during the first two postoperative years. At presurgical evaluation 44.3% of the patients had a psychiatric diagnosis (nonorganic in 14.3%, organic in 38.6%). The most common nonorganic diagnosis was major depression; the most common organic diagnosis was Astheno-Emotional disorder (AE disorder). During the first two postoperative years 68.1% of the patients received some psychiatric diagnosis. The most common nonorganic diagnoses were anxiety and depressive disorders (AD disorders) in 36.2%; the most common organic diagnosis was AE disorder in 52.2%. Patients with a preoperative history of AD disorders or AE disorder had a significantly higher risk of postoperative AD disorders (P < 0.01 and P < 0.001 respectively). Laterality, type of resection, histopathological diagnosis, or outcome were not significantly related to postoperative psychiatric morbidity. The importance of psychiatric assessment, including organic psychiatric disorders, is emphasized.
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- K Malmgren
- Institute of Clinical Neuroscience, Epilepsy Research Group, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden
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Marsh L, Sullivan EV, Morrell M, Lim KO, Pfefferbaum A. Structural brain abnormalities in patients with schizophrenia, epilepsy, and epilepsy with chronic interictal psychosis. Psychiatry Res 2001; 108:1-15. [PMID: 11677063 DOI: 10.1016/s0925-4927(01)00115-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Chronic interictal psychotic syndromes, often resembling schizophrenia, develop in some patients with epilepsy. Although widespread brain abnormalities are recognized as characteristic of schizophrenia, prevailing but controversial hypotheses on the co-occurrence of epilepsy and psychosis implicate left temporal lobe pathology. In this study, quantitative MRI methods were used to address the regional specificity of structural brain abnormalities in patients with epilepsy plus chronic interictal psychosis (E+PSY, n=9) relative to three comparison groups: unilateral temporal lobe epilepsy without chronic psychosis (TLE, n=18), schizophrenia (SCZ, n=46), and healthy control subjects (HC, n=57). Brain measures, derived from a coronal spin-echo MRI sequence, were adjusted for age and cerebral volume. Relative to HC, all patient groups had ventricular enlargement and smaller temporal lobe, frontoparietal, and superior temporal gyrus gray matter volumes, with the extent of these abnormalities greatest in E+PSY. Only TLE had temporal lobe white matter deficits, as well as smaller hippocampi, which were ipsilateral to the seizure focus. Structural brain abnormalities in E+PSY are not restricted to the left temporal lobe. The confluence of cortical gray matter deficits in E+PSY and SCZ suggests salience to chronic psychosis.
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- L Marsh
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University Medical School, Stanford, CA, USA.
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P300 event-related brain potential (ERP) amplitude is smaller in patients with schizophrenia compared to unaffected controls, but whether left temporal component amplitude is also smaller is debated. The present study employed meta-analytical methods to quantitatively assess previous P300 schizophrenia asymmetry findings. All P300 articles on schizophrenia using an auditory oddball paradigm published before January 2000 were obtained by comprehensive literature searches and cross-referencing for related articles. A total of 19 original articles reporting complete midline electrode data and 11 articles reporting lateral asymmetry electrode data were reviewed, which included different independent conditions that yielded 50 independent data sets. P300 amplitude differences between patients with schizophrenia and control subjects from the midline electrodes yielded effect sizes that differed among recording sites, such that Fz was significantly smaller than Pz, with Cz effect sizes smaller than Pz but larger than Fz. Comparison of P300 amplitude from the lateral data for the T3 and T4 electrodes found no reliable effect size difference when these electrodes were analyzed separately. However, comparison of P300 amplitude effect sizes from the TCP1 was significantly larger than that from the TCP2 when these electrodes were analyzed separately. P300 amplitude is smaller overall in patients with schizophrenia compared to control subjects and differs in its effect size topography across the midline and temporal electrode sites, with the strongest effect sizes obtained for the Pz midline and TCP1 lateral electrodes.
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- Y W Jeon
- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Our Lady of Mercy Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, #665 Pupyong-dong, Pupyong-gu, Inchon 403-016, South Korea
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Marchetti RL, Tavares AG, Gronich G, Fiore LA, Ferraz RB. Complete remission of epileptic psychosis after temporal lobectomy: case report. ARQUIVOS DE NEURO-PSIQUIATRIA 2001; 59:802-5. [PMID: 11593287 DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2001000500028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We report a case of a female patient with refractory complex partial seizures since 15 years of age, recurrent postictal psychotic episodes since 35 which evolved to a chronic refractory interictal psychosis and MRI with right mesial temporal sclerosis (MTS). After a comprehensive investigation (video-EEG intensive monitoring, interictal and ictal SPECT, and a neuropsychological evaluation including WADA test) she was submitted to a right temporal lobectomy. Since then, she has been seizure-free with remission of psychosis, although with some persistence of personality traits (hiperreligiosity, viscosity) which had been present before surgery. This case supports the idea that temporal lobectomy can be a safe and effective therapeutic measure for patients with MTS, refractory epilepsy and recurrent postictal epileptic psychosis or interictal epileptic psychosis with postictal exacerbation.
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- R L Marchetti
- Psychiatry Institute, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
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Psychotic symptoms--delusions, delusional misidentifications and hallucinations--are observed in a variety of organic or nonorganic conditions, and are, therefore, diagnostically nonspecific. Common patholophysiologic denominators of different organic diseases may offer insights into the origin of psychotic symptoms. This article reviews some of the clinical and neuroimaging findings in organic psychoses present in various organic disorders. It attempts to extract a number of hypotheses about underlying biologic factors contributing to the development of psychotic symptoms of organic origin.
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- N T Lautenschlager
- Klinikum und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Technische Universität München, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Ismaningerstr. 2281675 München, Germany
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The relationship between epilepsy and behavioral disturbances has been a subject of controversy since the 19th century. Affective changes may occur prior, during, or after the ictal discharge. Depression is the most prevalent comorbidity. Anxiety, panic attacks, and pseudoseizures may resemble complex partial seizures, and their diagnosis and treatment may be confusing, even to experienced clinicians. Epilepsy-related psychosis is less common, manifesting occasionally with symptoms that are indistinguishable from schizophrenia. There is no clear evidence of a distinct "epileptoid" personality, and interictal violence is extremely rare. Pharmacologic treatment with anticonvulsants remains the cornerstone of treatment. In case of psychiatric comorbidities or refractory seizures, the diagnosis should be re-examined.
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- N D Tsopelas
- Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Prosser HM, Gill CH, Hirst WD, Grau E, Robbins M, Calver A, Soffin EM, Farmer CE, Lanneau C, Gray J, Schenck E, Warmerdam BS, Clapham C, Reavill C, Rogers DC, Stean T, Upton N, Humphreys K, Randall A, Geppert M, Davies CH, Pangalos MN. Epileptogenesis and enhanced prepulse inhibition in GABA(B1)-deficient mice. Mol Cell Neurosci 2001; 17:1059-70. [PMID: 11414794 DOI: 10.1006/mcne.2001.0995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 232] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The recent cloning of two GABA(B) receptor subunits, GABA(B1) and GABA(B2), has raised the possibility that differences in GABA(B) receptor subunit composition may give rise to pharmacologically or functionally distinct receptors. If present, such molecular diversity could permit the selective targeting of GABA(B) receptor subtypes specifically involved in pathologies such as drug addiction, spasticity, pain, and epilepsy. To address these issues we have developed a GABA(B1) subunit knockout mouse using gene targeting techniques. In the brains of GABA(B1) null mice, all pre- and postsynaptic GABA(B) receptor function was absent demonstrating that the GABA(B1) subunit is essential for all GABA(B) receptor-mediated mechanisms. Despite this, GABA(B1) null mice appeared normal at birth, although by postnatal week four their growth was retarded and they developed a generalized epilepsy that resulted in premature death. In addition, GABA(B1) heterozygote animals showed enhanced prepulse inhibition responses compared to littermate controls, suggesting that GABA(B1) deficient mice exhibit increased sensorimotor gating mechanisms. These data suggest that GABA(B) receptor antagonists may be of benefit in the treatment of psychiatric and neurological disorders in which attentional processing is impaired.
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MESH Headings
- Action Potentials/drug effects
- Action Potentials/physiology
- Animals
- Baclofen/pharmacology
- Behavior, Animal/physiology
- Central Nervous System/abnormalities
- Central Nervous System/metabolism
- Central Nervous System/physiopathology
- Down-Regulation/genetics
- Epilepsy/congenital
- Epilepsy/genetics
- Epilepsy/physiopathology
- GABA Agonists/pharmacology
- Gene Targeting/methods
- Heterozygote
- Mice
- Mice, Knockout/abnormalities
- Mice, Knockout/anatomy & histology
- Mice, Knockout/metabolism
- Neural Inhibition/genetics
- Neurons/cytology
- Neurons/metabolism
- Phenotype
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Radioligand Assay
- Receptors, GABA-B/deficiency
- Receptors, GABA-B/genetics
- Receptors, GABA-B/metabolism
- Reflex, Startle/drug effects
- Reflex, Startle/physiology
- Seizures/congenital
- Seizures/genetics
- Seizures/physiopathology
- Synapses/drug effects
- Synapses/metabolism
- Synapses/ultrastructure
- Synaptic Transmission/drug effects
- Synaptic Transmission/genetics
- gamma-Aminobutyric Acid/metabolism
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- H M Prosser
- Genetics Research, Safety Assessment, Laboratory Animal Sciences, Neurology Centre of Excellence for Drug Discovery, Psychiatry Centre of Excellence for Drug Discovery, New Frontiers Science Park, Third Avenue, Harlow, Essex, CM19 5AW, United Kingdom
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Kanemoto K, Tsuji T, Kawasaki J. Reexamination of interictal psychoses based on DSM IV psychosis classification and international epilepsy classification. Epilepsia 2001; 42:98-103. [PMID: 11207792 DOI: 10.1046/j.1528-1157.2001.09000.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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We sought to examine interictal psychoses based on the international epilepsy classification and DSM IV criteria, with special attention paid to epilepsy types as well as to subcategories of psychoses. One hundred thirty-two outpatients were studied, each with definite evidence of both epilepsy and interictal psychosis clearly demarcated from postictal psychosis. We compared them with 2,773 other epilepsy outpatients as a control. Risk factors for psychosis were examined within the temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) group and the more extended group of symptomatic localization-related epilepsy. Further, nuclear schizophrenia and other nonschizophrenic psychotic disorders were compared. We confirmed a close correlation between TLE and interictal psychoses. Within the TLE group, only early epilepsy onset and a history of prolonged febrile convulsions were revealed to be significantly associated with interictal psychosis. Within the symptomatic localization-related epilepsy group, such parameters as complex partial seizures, autonomic aura, and temporal EEG foci were closely associated with psychoses. There was also a significant difference between groups as to ictal fear and secondary generalization. Whereas patients with early psychosis onset and a low intelligence quotient were overrepresented in the nuclear schizophrenia group, drug-induced psychosis and alternative psychosis were underrepresented. TLE proved to be preferentially associated with interictal psychoses. Within the TLE group, medial TLE in particular was found to be more closely associated with psychosis. Our data support the original postulation of Landolt, stating that alternative or drug-induced psychoses constitute a definite subgroup of interictal psychoses, which are different from chronic epileptic psychoses that simulate schizophrenia.
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- K Kanemoto
- Kansai Regional Epilepsy Center, Utano National Hospital, Kyoto, Japan.
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