TENSION REDUCTION AND ALERTING IN MAN FOLLOWING CHRONIC CEREBELLAR STIMULATION FOR THE RELIEF OF SPASTICITY OR INTRACTABLE SEIZURES
- 1 March 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease
- Vol. 164 (3), 176-181
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00005053-197703000-00003
Abstract
Neurologically impaired patients on therapeutic regimens of chronic cerebellar stimulation for periods ranging from 4-29 mo. (mean = 12.8 mo.) commonly reported amelioration of tension and/or anxiety. Cerebral palsy patients emphasized tension reduction while seizure patients primarily reported increased alertness. Increased alertness and improvement in speech and mood was also noted by many patients. These changes correlated significantly with symptom reduction and functional improvement. Although the mechanisms of these changes are not yet clear, psychological and neurological explanatory hypotheses are presented.This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
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