by Ket Patel | May 13, 2015 | All Articles For Neurology, Movement Disorders
Success in treating patients with atypical parkinsonisms remains exceedingly low. This finding probably relates to the widespread distribution of the pathological changes that account for the varied and complex spectrum of clinical manifestations. Dopaminergic drugs...
by Ket Patel | May 13, 2015 | All Videos For Psychiatry, Schizophrenia
The substantia nigra (SN) is a paired midbrain structure that lies immediately ventral to the cerebral peduncles at the level of the superior colliculus and has a critical regulatory role in…
by Ket Patel | May 13, 2015 | All Articles For Psychiatry, Bipolar Disorder
Key messages ● Bipolar disorder (BD) is a common, complex, and costly psychiatric illness that can be devastating for the affected individual and their families. Suicide is an important risk across the life span of bipolar patients. ● Accurate diagnosis is not easy,...
by Ket Patel | May 13, 2015 | All Articles For Neurology, Stroke
Stroke is a sudden loss of brain function due to disturbance in the cerebral blood supply with symptoms lasting at least 24 hours or leading to death with vascular background as its only cause. Stroke can be caused either by rupture of a blood vessel...
by Ket Patel | May 13, 2015 | All Articles For Neurology, Stroke
Until recently, warfarin has been the gold standard for reducing stroke risk and mortality in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). The key goals of antithrombotic treatment are the primary and secondary prevention of ischemic stroke and systemic embolism while...
