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Chronic mania associated with left hippocampal atrophy
Author(s) -
Chakraborty Nandini,
Miramontes Carmen
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
progress in neurology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.19
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 1931-227X
pISSN - 1367-7543
DOI - 10.1002/pnp.298
Subject(s) - mania , atrophy , neuroimaging , hippocampal formation , hippocampus , bipolar disorder , medicine , presentation (obstetrics) , neuroscience , psychology , pathophysiology , pathology , cognition , surgery
Abstract Abnormalities in the hippocampus have been implicated in the pathophysiology of bipolar disorder. Dr Chakraborty and Carmen Miramontes report an atypical presentation of bipolar disorder with chronic mania (lasting more than two years) in a patient with a history of head injury and evidence of left hippocampal atrophy on neuroimaging.