LIVIVO - The Search Portal for Life Sciences

zur deutschen Oberfläche wechseln
Advanced search

Search results

Result 1 - 10 of total 63

Search options

  1. Article ; Online: Psychosis in Parkinson's Disease.

    Ffytche, Dominic H / Aarsland, Dag

    International review of neurobiology

    2017  Volume 133, Page(s) 585–622

    Abstract: Although illusions, hallucinations and delusions did not play a prominent role in James Parkinson's original clinical descriptions, the longitudinal view of disease progression he advocated has important lessons for the study of such symptoms today. A ... ...

    Abstract Although illusions, hallucinations and delusions did not play a prominent role in James Parkinson's original clinical descriptions, the longitudinal view of disease progression he advocated has important lessons for the study of such symptoms today. A focus on longitudinal progression rather than individual symptoms led to the concept of PD psychosis-a spectrum of positive symptoms in Parkinson's disease. The publication of criteria for PD psychosis in 2007 helped unify the disparate set of symptoms, raising their profile and resulting in a rapid expansion of literature focussing on clinical aspects, mechanisms, and treatment. Here we review this literature and the evolving view of PD psychosis. Adding to previous evidence of a prospective risk for dementia and the move to supervised care, key recent developments include: recognition of prevalence increase with disease duration; a broadening of symptoms included in PD psychosis; better characterization of higher visual and cognitive dysfunction risk factors; structural, functional, and neurotransmitter imaging biomarker evidence; and approval of pimavanserin in the United States for the treatment of PD psychosis. The accumulating evidence raises novel questions and directions for future research that promise a better understanding of the clinical management of PD psychosis and its role as a biomarker for PD stage and progression.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Parkinson Disease/complications ; Parkinson Disease/physiopathology ; Psychotic Disorders/drug therapy ; Psychotic Disorders/etiology ; Psychotic Disorders/physiopathology
    Language English
    Publishing date 2017-06-16
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Review ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 209876-3
    ISSN 2162-5514 ; 0074-7742
    ISSN (online) 2162-5514
    ISSN 0074-7742
    DOI 10.1016/bs.irn.2017.04.005
    Database MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE

    More links

    Kategorien

  2. Article ; Online: A century of prosopometamorphopsia studies.

    Blom, Jan Dirk / Ter Meulen, Bastiaan C / Dool, Jitze / Ffytche, Dominic H

    Cortex; a journal devoted to the study of the nervous system and behavior

    2021  Volume 139, Page(s) 298–308

    Abstract: Prosopometamorphopsia is an extremely rare disorder of visual perception characterised by facial distortions. We here review 81 cases (eight new ones and 73 cases published over the past century) to shed light on the perception of face gestalts. Our ... ...

    Abstract Prosopometamorphopsia is an extremely rare disorder of visual perception characterised by facial distortions. We here review 81 cases (eight new ones and 73 cases published over the past century) to shed light on the perception of face gestalts. Our analysis indicates that the brain systems underlying the perception of face gestalts have genuine network properties, in the sense that they are widely disseminated and built such that spatially normal perception of faces can be maintained even when large parts of the network are compromised. We found that bilateral facial distortions were primarily associated with right-sided and bilateral occipital lesions, and unilateral facial distortions with lesions ipsilateral to the distorted hemifield and with the splenium of the corpus callosum. We also found tentative evidence for the involvement of the left frontal regions in the fusing of vertical hemi-images of faces, and of right parietal regions in the fusing of horizontal hemi-images. Evidence supporting the remarkable adaptability of the network comes from the relatively high recovery rates that we found, from the ipsilateral hemifield predominance of hemi-prosopometamorphopsia, and from a phenomenon called cerebral asthenopia (heightened visual fatigability) which points to the dynamic nature of compensatory mechanisms maintaining normal face perception, even in chronic cases of prosopometamorphopsia. Finally, our analysis suggests that specialised networks for the representation of face gestalts in familiar-versus-unfamiliar faces and for own-versus-other face may be present, although this is in need of further study.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-03-12
    Publishing country Italy
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 280622-8
    ISSN 1973-8102 ; 0010-9452
    ISSN (online) 1973-8102
    ISSN 0010-9452
    DOI 10.1016/j.cortex.2021.03.001
    Database MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE

    More links

    Kategorien

  3. Article ; Online: Are stroke survivors with delirium at higher risk of post-stroke dementia? Current evidence and future directions.

    Ojagbemi, Akin / Ffytche, Dominic H

    International journal of geriatric psychiatry

    2016  Volume 31, Issue 12, Page(s) 1289–1294

    Abstract: Objectives: The idea that delirium is a risk factor for dementia, broadly defined, is derived from heterogeneous patient samples. We reviewed available evidence as to whether stroke survivors who developed delirium during the acute phase of treatment ... ...

    Abstract Objectives: The idea that delirium is a risk factor for dementia, broadly defined, is derived from heterogeneous patient samples. We reviewed available evidence as to whether stroke survivors who developed delirium during the acute phase of treatment are at a higher prospective risk of incident post-stroke cognitive impairment or dementia.
    Design: We searched 8721 records in the Cochrane database for reviews or protocols dealing with the study objective, Medline, EMBASE, PsycInfo and CINAHL for observational studies in the general adult population and PubMed for in-process articles. Additional searches of the reference lists of retrieved articles were also undertaken. Qualitative syntheses and meta-analysis were conducted according to conventional guidelines.
    Results: Twelve relevant articles were fully appraised. Four out of these studies, comprising 743 stroke survivors, including 199 with delirium, met criteria for qualitative syntheses. Overall, the studies presented low to moderate level evidence suggesting an association between post-stroke delirium and dementia.
    Conclusions: There is a need for further studies to investigate the association of post-stroke delirium and dementia using well-defined cohorts of patients and controlling for factors such as pre-stroke cognition, stroke severity and location and the presence of persistent delirium. Such studies will help understand the place of delirium identification and prevention in reducing the risk of dementia after stroke. © 2016 The Authors. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2016-12
    Publishing country England
    Document type Review ; Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 806736-3
    ISSN 1099-1166 ; 0885-6230
    ISSN (online) 1099-1166
    ISSN 0885-6230
    DOI 10.1002/gps.4506
    Database MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE

    More links

    Kategorien

  4. Article ; Online: Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in the Treatment of Visual Hallucinations in Charles Bonnet Syndrome: A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Crossover Trial.

    daSilva Morgan, Katrina / Schumacher, Julia / Collerton, Daniel / Colloby, Sean / Elder, Greg J / Olsen, Kirsty / Ffytche, Dominic H / Taylor, John-Paul

    Ophthalmology

    2022  Volume 129, Issue 12, Page(s) 1368–1379

    Abstract: Objective: To investigate the potential therapeutic benefits and tolerability of inhibitory transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on the remediation of visual hallucinations in Charles Bonnet syndrome (CBS).: Design: Randomized, double- ... ...

    Abstract Objective: To investigate the potential therapeutic benefits and tolerability of inhibitory transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on the remediation of visual hallucinations in Charles Bonnet syndrome (CBS).
    Design: Randomized, double-masked, placebo-controlled crossover trial.
    Participants: Sixteen individuals diagnosed with CBS secondary to visual impairment caused by eye disease experiencing recurrent visual hallucinations.
    Intervention: All participants received 4 consecutive days of active and placebo cathodal stimulation (current density: 0.29 mA/cm
    Main outcome measures: Ratings of visual hallucination frequency and duration following active and placebo stimulation, accounting for treatment order, using a 2 × 2 repeated-measures model. Secondary outcomes included impact ratings of visual hallucinations and electrophysiological measures.
    Results: When compared with placebo treatment, active inhibitory stimulation of visual cortex resulted in a significant reduction in the frequency of visual hallucinations measured by the North East Visual Hallucinations Interview, with a moderate-to-large effect size. Impact measures of visual hallucinations improved in both placebo and active conditions, suggesting support and education for CBS may have therapeutic benefits. Participants who demonstrated greater occipital excitability on electroencephalography assessment at the start of treatment were more likely to report a positive treatment response. Stimulation was found to be tolerable in all participants, with no significant adverse effects reported, including no deterioration in preexisting visual impairment.
    Conclusions: Findings indicate that inhibitory tDCS of visual cortex may reduce the frequency of visual hallucinations in people with CBS, particularly individuals who demonstrate greater occipital excitability prior to stimulation. tDCS may offer a feasible intervention option for CBS with no significant side effects, warranting larger-scale clinical trials to further characterize its efficacy.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Charles Bonnet Syndrome/complications ; Charles Bonnet Syndrome/therapy ; Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation/adverse effects ; Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation/methods ; Cross-Over Studies ; Hallucinations/therapy ; Hallucinations/diagnosis ; Hallucinations/etiology ; Vision, Low/etiology
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-07-09
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Randomized Controlled Trial ; Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 392083-5
    ISSN 1549-4713 ; 0161-6420
    ISSN (online) 1549-4713
    ISSN 0161-6420
    DOI 10.1016/j.ophtha.2022.06.041
    Database MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE

    More links

    Kategorien

  5. Article ; Online: Drug and Disease Effects in Parkinson's Psychosis: Revisiting the Role of Dopamine.

    Dave, Sonali / Weintraub, Daniel / Aarsland, Dag / Ffytche, Dominic H

    Movement disorders clinical practice

    2019  Volume 7, Issue 1, Page(s) 32–36

    Abstract: Background: Levodopa and dopamine agonists (dopamine replacement therapy [DRT]) are implicated in Parkinson's disease psychosis (PDP), but the relationship between DRT and neurotransmitter dysfunction inherent to PD remains unclear.: Objectives: To ... ...

    Abstract Background: Levodopa and dopamine agonists (dopamine replacement therapy [DRT]) are implicated in Parkinson's disease psychosis (PDP), but the relationship between DRT and neurotransmitter dysfunction inherent to PD remains unclear.
    Objectives: To examine the relationship between baseline striatal dopamine transporter (DAT) binding in drug-naïve idiopathic PD, introduction of DRT, or dose change and incident early-onset PDP.
    Methods: Baseline DAT binding was compared between patients with and without incident psychosis (defined here as hallucinations or delusions), controlling for age, sex, baseline cognition, and prospective DRT in the Parkinson's Progression Markers Initiative cohort. Incident illusions were not considered psychosis symptoms.
    Results: Of 386 patients, 30 (8%) developed PDP (predominantly hallucinations, mean onset 42 months) and 355 (92%) had either no PDP symptoms (mean follow-up 64 months) or reported illusions only (111/355, 31%). Incident PDP was associated with reduced baseline striatal DAT binding, controlling for confounders (
    Conclusion: The findings highlight the role of disease-related dopamine mechanisms in the pathophysiology of hallucinations in Parkinson's disease alongside medication. It remains to be determined how dopamine mechanisms, medication, and other neurotransmitter systems implicated in PDP interact.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2019-11-11
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 2330-1619
    ISSN (online) 2330-1619
    DOI 10.1002/mdc3.12851
    Database MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE

    More links

    Kategorien

  6. Article ; Online: On visual hallucinations and cortical networks: a trans-diagnostic review.

    Carter, Rowena / Ffytche, Dominic H

    Journal of neurology

    2015  Volume 262, Issue 7, Page(s) 1780–1790

    Abstract: Our current clinical approach to visual hallucinations is largely derived from work carried out by Georges de Morsier in the 1930s. Now, almost a century after his influential papers, we have the research tools to further explore the ideas he put forward. ...

    Abstract Our current clinical approach to visual hallucinations is largely derived from work carried out by Georges de Morsier in the 1930s. Now, almost a century after his influential papers, we have the research tools to further explore the ideas he put forward. In this review, we address de Morsier's proposal that visual hallucinations in all clinical conditions have a similar neurological mechanism by comparing structural imaging studies of susceptibility to visual hallucinations in Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, Dementia with Lewy bodies and schizophrenia. Systematic review of the literature was undertaken using PubMed searches. A total of 18 studies across conditions were identified reporting grey matter differences between patients with and without visual hallucinations. Grey matter changes were categorised into brain regions relevant to current theories of visual hallucinations. The distribution of cortical atrophy supports de Morsier's premise that visual hallucinations are invariably linked to aberrant activity within visual thalamo-cortical networks. Further work is required to determine by what mechanism these networks become predisposed to spontaneous activation, and whether the frontal lobe and hippocampal changes identified are present in all conditions. The findings have implications for the development of effective treatments for visual hallucinations.
    MeSH term(s) Cerebral Cortex/pathology ; Cognition Disorders/etiology ; Hallucinations/etiology ; Hallucinations/pathology ; Humans ; Lewy Body Disease/complications ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Parkinson Disease/complications
    Language English
    Publishing date 2015-03-13
    Publishing country Germany
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Review ; Systematic Review
    ZDB-ID 187050-6
    ISSN 1432-1459 ; 0340-5354 ; 0012-1037 ; 0939-1517 ; 1619-800X
    ISSN (online) 1432-1459
    ISSN 0340-5354 ; 0012-1037 ; 0939-1517 ; 1619-800X
    DOI 10.1007/s00415-015-7687-6
    Database MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE

    More links

    Kategorien

  7. Article ; Online: From tones in tinnitus to sensed social interaction in schizophrenia: how understanding cortical organization can inform the study of hallucinations and psychosis.

    Ffytche, Dominic H / Wible, Cynthia G

    Schizophrenia bulletin

    2014  Volume 40 Suppl 4, Page(s) S305–16

    Abstract: The content, modality, and perceptual attributes of hallucinations and other psychotic symptoms may be related to neural representation at a single cell and population level in the cerebral cortex. A brief survey of some principles and examples of ... ...

    Abstract The content, modality, and perceptual attributes of hallucinations and other psychotic symptoms may be related to neural representation at a single cell and population level in the cerebral cortex. A brief survey of some principles and examples of cortical representation and organization will be presented together with evidence for a correspondence between the neurobiology of brain areas activated at the time of a hallucination and the content of the corresponding hallucinatory and psychotic experiences. Contrasting the hallucinations of schizophrenia with other conditions, we highlight phenomenological aspects of hallucinations that are ignored in clinical practice but carry potentially important information about the brain regions and dysfunctions underlying them. Knowledge of cortical representation and organization are being used to develop animal models of hallucination and to test treatments that are now beginning to translate to the clinical domain.
    MeSH term(s) Brain Mapping ; Cerebral Cortex/physiopathology ; Hallucinations/physiopathology ; Humans ; Interpersonal Relations ; Neural Pathways/physiopathology ; Psychotic Disorders/physiopathology ; Schizophrenia/physiopathology ; Tinnitus/physiopathology
    Language English
    Publishing date 2014-06-16
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. ; Review
    ZDB-ID 439173-1
    ISSN 1745-1701 ; 0586-7614
    ISSN (online) 1745-1701
    ISSN 0586-7614
    DOI 10.1093/schbul/sbu041
    Database MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE

    More links

    Kategorien

  8. Article ; Online: Negative outcome Charles Bonnet syndrome.

    Cox, Thomas M / ffytche, Dominic H

    The British journal of ophthalmology

    2014  Volume 98, Issue 9, Page(s) 1236–1239

    Abstract: Background: Charles Bonnet Syndrome (CBS) is widely considered a transient condition without adverse consequence, questioning the need for treatment. Yet, while this view may be true of the majority of people with CBS, it is recognised that some have ... ...

    Abstract Background: Charles Bonnet Syndrome (CBS) is widely considered a transient condition without adverse consequence, questioning the need for treatment. Yet, while this view may be true of the majority of people with CBS, it is recognised that some have negative experiences and outcomes. Here, we attempt to better understand negative outcome CBS and the factors that influence it.
    Methods: 4000 members of the Macular Society were sent a structured questionnaire covering the phenomenology of CBS, its prognosis and impact, symptom reporting, patient knowledge and sources of information.
    Results: 492 people with CBS were identified. Kaplan-Meier analysis suggested 75% had CBS for 5 years or more. Thirty-two per cent had negative outcome. Factors associated with negative outcome were: (1) frequent, fear-inducing, longer-lasting hallucination episodes, (2) one or more daily activities affected, (3) attribution of hallucinations to serious mental illness, (4) not knowing about CBS at the onset of symptoms. Duration of CBS or the type of content hallucinated were not associated with negative outcome.
    Conclusions: CBS is of longer duration than previously suspected with clinically relevant consequences in a third of those affected. Interventions that reduce the frequency, duration or fear of individual hallucination episodes and education prior to hallucination onset may help reduce negative outcome.
    MeSH term(s) Activities of Daily Living ; Databases, Factual ; Emotions ; Female ; Hallucinations/diagnosis ; Hallucinations/epidemiology ; Hallucinations/etiology ; Hallucinations/psychology ; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice ; Humans ; Kaplan-Meier Estimate ; Macular Degeneration/epidemiology ; Macular Degeneration/psychology ; Male ; Prognosis ; Syndrome ; Time Factors ; United Kingdom/epidemiology ; Vision Disorders/diagnosis ; Vision Disorders/epidemiology ; Vision Disorders/etiology ; Vision Disorders/psychology
    Language English
    Publishing date 2014-05-13
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 80078-8
    ISSN 1468-2079 ; 0007-1161
    ISSN (online) 1468-2079
    ISSN 0007-1161
    DOI 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2014-304920
    Database MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE

    More links

    Kategorien

  9. Article ; Online: Art and the brain: a view from dementia.

    Gretton, Cosima / ffytche, Dominic H

    International journal of geriatric psychiatry

    2014  Volume 29, Issue 2, Page(s) 111–126

    Abstract: Objective: Art making encompasses a range of perceptual and cognitive functions involving widely distributed brain systems. The dementias impact on these systems in different ways, raising the possibility that each dementia has a unique artistic ... ...

    Abstract Objective: Art making encompasses a range of perceptual and cognitive functions involving widely distributed brain systems. The dementias impact on these systems in different ways, raising the possibility that each dementia has a unique artistic signature.
    Design: Here we use a review of the visual art of 14 artists with dementia (five Alzheimer's disease, seven fronto-temporal dementia and two dementia with Lewy bodies) to further our understanding of the neurobiological constituents of art production and higher artistic function.
    Results: Artists with Alzheimer's disease had prominent changes in spatial aspects of their art and attributes of colour and contrast. These qualities were preserved in the art of fronto-temporal dementia, which was characterised by perseverative themes and a shift towards realistic representation. The art of dementia with Lewy Bodies was characterised by simple, bizarre content.
    Conclusions: The limitations of using visual aspects of individual artworks to infer the impact of dementia on art production are discussed with the need for a wider perspective encompassing changes in cognition, emotion, creativity and artistic personality. A novel classificatory scheme is presented to help characterise neural mechanisms of higher artistic functions in future studies.
    MeSH term(s) Alzheimer Disease/psychology ; Art ; Creativity ; Frontotemporal Dementia/psychology ; Humans ; Lewy Body Disease/psychology ; Neurobiology ; Visual Perception/physiology
    Language English
    Publishing date 2014-02
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 806736-3
    ISSN 1099-1166 ; 0885-6230
    ISSN (online) 1099-1166
    ISSN 0885-6230
    DOI 10.1002/gps.3975
    Database MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE

    More links

    Kategorien

  10. Article ; Online: Visual hallucinations in eye disease.

    ffytche, Dominic H

    Current opinion in neurology

    2008  Volume 22, Issue 1, Page(s) 28–35

    Abstract: Purpose of review: The literature related to visual hallucinations in ophthalmological settings from 2007 to 2008 is presented as a review of recent developments and trends.: Recent findings: Acuity, contrast sensitivity, age and sex emerge as ... ...

    Abstract Purpose of review: The literature related to visual hallucinations in ophthalmological settings from 2007 to 2008 is presented as a review of recent developments and trends.
    Recent findings: Acuity, contrast sensitivity, age and sex emerge as significant and consistent risk factors for visual hallucinations, together with new evidence to suggest that up to 40% of patients have long-term hallucinations. Scotoma size and specific eye pathology do not influence hallucination risk. Induced hallucinations in normal individuals provide a model for those in eye disease, revealing a shift in thalamocortical circuitry and neurophysiological links to states of drowsy wakefulness. Serotonergic therapy emerges as a potential treatment. Two ophthalmological interventions are added to the list of procedures provoking hallucinations. Historical accounts of Charles Bonnet, his syndrome and two novel visual syndromes highlight ongoing difficulties of case definition and the wider clinical context in which visual hallucinations occur.
    Summary: Current research into visual hallucination is predominantly ophthalmology-led, with increasing recognition of the phenomena, their prevalence and prognosis within the specialty. Deafferentation remains the best available pathophysiological account, although it fails to explain the absence of hallucinations in the majority of patients with eye disease. Whether hallucinations require treatment and, if so, what that treatment should be remains unclear.
    MeSH term(s) Age Factors ; Eye Diseases/complications ; Eye Diseases/diagnosis ; Eye Diseases/physiopathology ; Eye Diseases/therapy ; Hallucinations/diagnosis ; Hallucinations/etiology ; Hallucinations/physiopathology ; Hallucinations/therapy ; Humans ; Photic Stimulation ; Prognosis ; Review Literature as Topic ; Risk Factors ; Syndrome
    Language English
    Publishing date 2008-11-24
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 1182686-1
    ISSN 1473-6551 ; 1350-7540
    ISSN (online) 1473-6551
    ISSN 1350-7540
    DOI 10.1097/wco.0b013e32831f1b3f
    Database MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE

    More links

    Kategorien

To top