Changes in personality and emotion following bilateral infarction of the posterior cerebral arteries. 1992

T Suzuki, and A Iwakuma, and Y Tanaka, and E Takamori, and T Arai, and H Shiraishi, and J Koizumi
Department of Psychiatry, University of Tsukuba, Japan.

Remarkable changes in personality, emotion and behavior were observed in a 66-year-old female with bilateral infarction of the medial inferior portion at the temporo-occipital region. Aggressiveness, emotional lability and indifference were noted in the patient as psychiatric manifestation. No definite delirium, however, was observed. A neuroradiological examination revealed the lesions located at the territory of the posterior cerebral artery, which involved the hippocampus, the parahippocampal gyri, the fusiform gyri and the lingual gyri. Therefore, the psychiatric disturbances and the neuropsychological symptoms presented here are attributed to these lesions with the multiple infarctions in the brain. The present case is noteworthy for its unique changes in personality and emotion which in the literature have not reported to be caused following the vascular accident of the bilateral posterior cerebral artery.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007839 Functional Laterality Behavioral manifestations of cerebral dominance in which there is preferential use and superior functioning of either the left or the right side, as in the preferred use of the right hand or right foot. Ambidexterity,Behavioral Laterality,Handedness,Laterality of Motor Control,Mirror Writing,Laterality, Behavioral,Laterality, Functional,Mirror Writings,Motor Control Laterality,Writing, Mirror,Writings, Mirror
D008279 Magnetic Resonance Imaging Non-invasive method of demonstrating internal anatomy based on the principle that atomic nuclei in a strong magnetic field absorb pulses of radiofrequency energy and emit them as radiowaves which can be reconstructed into computerized images. The concept includes proton spin tomographic techniques. Chemical Shift Imaging,MR Tomography,MRI Scans,MRI, Functional,Magnetic Resonance Image,Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Functional,Magnetization Transfer Contrast Imaging,NMR Imaging,NMR Tomography,Tomography, NMR,Tomography, Proton Spin,fMRI,Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging,Imaging, Chemical Shift,Proton Spin Tomography,Spin Echo Imaging,Steady-State Free Precession MRI,Tomography, MR,Zeugmatography,Chemical Shift Imagings,Echo Imaging, Spin,Echo Imagings, Spin,Functional MRI,Functional MRIs,Image, Magnetic Resonance,Imaging, Magnetic Resonance,Imaging, NMR,Imaging, Spin Echo,Imagings, Chemical Shift,Imagings, Spin Echo,MRI Scan,MRIs, Functional,Magnetic Resonance Images,Resonance Image, Magnetic,Scan, MRI,Scans, MRI,Shift Imaging, Chemical,Shift Imagings, Chemical,Spin Echo Imagings,Steady State Free Precession MRI
D010551 Personality Behavior-response patterns that characterize the individual. Personalities
D011569 Psychiatric Status Rating Scales Standardized procedures utilizing rating scales or interview schedules carried out by health personnel for evaluating the degree of mental illness. Factor Construct Rating Scales (FCRS),Katz Adjustment Scales,Lorr's Inpatient Multidimensional Psychiatric Rating Scale,Wittenborn Scales,Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale,Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview
D001921 Brain The part of CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM that is contained within the skull (CRANIUM). Arising from the NEURAL TUBE, the embryonic brain is comprised of three major parts including PROSENCEPHALON (the forebrain); MESENCEPHALON (the midbrain); and RHOMBENCEPHALON (the hindbrain). The developed brain consists of CEREBRUM; CEREBELLUM; and other structures in the BRAIN STEM. Encephalon
D002536 Cerebral Arteries The arterial blood vessels supplying the CEREBRUM. Arteries, Cerebral,Artery, Cerebral,Cerebral Artery
D002544 Cerebral Infarction The formation of an area of NECROSIS in the CEREBRUM caused by an insufficiency of arterial or venous blood flow. Infarcts of the cerebrum are generally classified by hemisphere (i.e., left vs. right), lobe (e.g., frontal lobe infarction), arterial distribution (e.g., INFARCTION, ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY), and etiology (e.g., embolic infarction). Anterior Choroidal Artery Infarction,Cerebral Infarct,Infarction, Cerebral,Posterior Choroidal Artery Infarction,Subcortical Infarction,Cerebral Infarction, Left Hemisphere,Cerebral Infarction, Right Hemisphere,Cerebral, Left Hemisphere, Infarction,Cerebral, Right Hemisphere, Infarction,Infarction, Cerebral, Left Hemisphere,Infarction, Cerebral, Right Hemisphere,Infarction, Left Hemisphere, Cerebral,Infarction, Right Hemisphere, Cerebral,Left Hemisphere, Cerebral Infarction,Left Hemisphere, Infarction, Cerebral,Right Hemisphere, Cerebral Infarction,Right Hemisphere, Infarction, Cerebral,Cerebral Infarctions,Cerebral Infarcts,Infarct, Cerebral,Infarction, Subcortical,Infarctions, Cerebral,Infarctions, Subcortical,Infarcts, Cerebral,Subcortical Infarctions
D004644 Emotions Those affective states which can be experienced and have arousing and motivational properties. Feelings,Regret,Emotion,Feeling,Regrets
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man

Related Publications

T Suzuki, and A Iwakuma, and Y Tanaka, and E Takamori, and T Arai, and H Shiraishi, and J Koizumi
December 2010, BMJ case reports,
T Suzuki, and A Iwakuma, and Y Tanaka, and E Takamori, and T Arai, and H Shiraishi, and J Koizumi
January 2000, Neurology,
T Suzuki, and A Iwakuma, and Y Tanaka, and E Takamori, and T Arai, and H Shiraishi, and J Koizumi
March 1999, Neurology,
T Suzuki, and A Iwakuma, and Y Tanaka, and E Takamori, and T Arai, and H Shiraishi, and J Koizumi
May 1977, Radiology,
T Suzuki, and A Iwakuma, and Y Tanaka, and E Takamori, and T Arai, and H Shiraishi, and J Koizumi
April 2015, Annals of rehabilitation medicine,
T Suzuki, and A Iwakuma, and Y Tanaka, and E Takamori, and T Arai, and H Shiraishi, and J Koizumi
October 1978, Journal of comparative and physiological psychology,
T Suzuki, and A Iwakuma, and Y Tanaka, and E Takamori, and T Arai, and H Shiraishi, and J Koizumi
October 1994, Revue neurologique,
T Suzuki, and A Iwakuma, and Y Tanaka, and E Takamori, and T Arai, and H Shiraishi, and J Koizumi
March 2024, Journal of neuro-ophthalmology : the official journal of the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society,
T Suzuki, and A Iwakuma, and Y Tanaka, and E Takamori, and T Arai, and H Shiraishi, and J Koizumi
August 1999, Zhonghua yi xue za zhi,
T Suzuki, and A Iwakuma, and Y Tanaka, and E Takamori, and T Arai, and H Shiraishi, and J Koizumi
February 1988, Archives of neurology,
Copied contents to your clipboard!