Neuropsychiatric features in 36 pathologically confirmed cases of corticobasal degeneration

J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2007 Winter;19(1):77-80. doi: 10.1176/jnp.2007.19.1.77.

Abstract

The authors investigated neuropsychiatric features in 36 pathologically confirmed cases of corticobasal syndrome. Depression, compulsive behavior, and frontal lobe-type behavioral alterations were noted in eight patients (22%). No patient experienced visual hallucinations. If confirmed by a prospective study, the absence of visual hallucinations may help to distinguish corticobasal syndrome from other parkinsonian syndromes.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aphasia, Primary Progressive / physiopathology
  • Aphasia, Primary Progressive / psychology
  • Basal Ganglia / physiopathology*
  • Cerebral Cortex / physiopathology*
  • Dementia / physiopathology
  • Dementia / psychology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Hallucinations / psychology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neurodegenerative Diseases / physiopathology*
  • Neurodegenerative Diseases / psychology*
  • Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
  • Terminology as Topic