by Ket Patel | Jan 12, 2017 | All Videos For Psychiatry, Schizophrenia
The Nucleus Accumbens is one of the basal ganglia and has been implicated of the pathophysiology of disorders such as depression and schizophrenia. It’s involvement in these disorders is fundamentally due to its role in the cortico-gangliathalamic loop. The Nucleus...
by Ket Patel | Jan 12, 2017 | Slider Content
Hallucinations refer to the experience of sensory perceptions in the absence of real external stimulation of the relevant sensory organ. In children they can present during states of reduced awareness and be sleep related or linked to abnormal neurological toxic...
by Ket Patel | Jul 1, 2016 | All Videos For Psychiatry, Schizophrenia
The caudate forms the medial part of the striatum and has clear involvement with both cognitive and motor functions. Damage to this structure has been reported to produce a ‘schizophrenia-like’ state, and so has been the subject of some investigation. As with the...
by Ket Patel | Jul 1, 2016 | All Articles For Neurology, Stroke
Oral anticoagulation (OAC) is the established therapy to prevent ischemic stroke in high-risk patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) and it reduces the threat of recurrence in those who had a cardioembolic stroke. However, OAC is associated with a substantial risk of...
by Ket Patel | Jul 1, 2016 | All Articles For Neurology, Movement Disorders
The development and application of neuromelanin sensitive MR imaging has allowed the detection of significant changes in the substantia nigra (SN) of Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients, with high sensitivity and specificity in differentiating PD patients from non-PD...