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Donepezil in the treatment of musical hallucinations
Author(s) -
UKAI SATOSHI,
YAMAMOTO MASAKIYO,
TANAKA MICHIO,
SHINOSAKI KAZUHIRO,
TAKEDA MASATOSHI
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
psychiatry and clinical neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.609
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1440-1819
pISSN - 1323-1316
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2007.01636.x
Subject(s) - donepezil , psychology , musical , cognitive psychology , audiology , dementia , medicine , art , disease , visual arts
Musical hallucinations (MH) typically occur among elderly individuals and are associated with hearing impairment. The authors describe a patient with features of typical MH who was successfully treated with donepezil, a cholinesterase inhibitor, as a combination therapy and who has not shown any subsequent cognitive decline for approximately 5 years. The efficacy of donepezil in this patient indicates that age‐dependent dysfunction of cholinergic neurons might be related to the development of MH.