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Pathophysiology of Mood Disorders in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
- Source :
- Repositório Institucional da USP (Biblioteca Digital da Produção Intelectual), Universidade de São Paulo (USP), instacron:USP, Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry v.34 suppl.2 2012, Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry (São Paulo. 1999. Online), Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria (ABP), instacron:ABP, Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria, Volume: 34 Supplement 2, Pages: s233-s245, Published: OCT 2012
- Publication Year :
- 2012
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2012.
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Abstract
- OBJECTIVE: There is accumulating evidence that the limbic system is pathologically involved in cases of psychiatric comorbidities in temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) patients. Our objective was to develop a conceptual framework describing how neuropathological, neurochemical and electrophysiological aspects might contribute to the development of psychiatric symptoms in TLE and the putative neurobiological mechanisms that cause mood disorders in this patient subgroup. METHODS: In this review, clinical, experimental and neuropathological findings, as well as neurochemical features of the limbic system were examined together to enhance our understanding of the association between TLE and psychiatric comorbidities. Finally, the value of animal models in epilepsy and mood disorders was discussed. CONCLUSIONS:TLE and psychiatric symptoms coexist more frequently than chance would predict. Alterations and neurotransmission disturbance among critical anatomical networks, and impaired or aberrant plastic changes might predispose patients with TLE to mood disorders. Clinical and experimental studies of the effects of seizures on behavior and electrophysiological patterns may offer a model of how limbic seizures increase the vulnerability of TLE patients to precipitants of psychiatric symptoms. OBJETIVO: Há evidências crescentes do envolvimento do sistema límbico nas comorbidades psiquiátricas associadas à epilepsia do lobo temporal (ELT). Nosso objetivo foi descrever o panorama atual das alterações neuropatológicas, neuroquímicas e eletrofisiológicas que podem contribuir para o desenvolvimento de sintomas psiquiátricos na ELT e explorar possíveis mecanismos neurobiológicos que podem levar ao aparecimento das desordens de humor nesse subgrupo de pacientes. MÉTODOS: Achados clínicos, de modelos experimentais e neuropatológicos foram revistos, assim como características neuroquímicas do sistema límbico foram examinadas em conjunto para auxiliar nossa compreensão sobre a associação entre ELT e transtornos de humor. CONCLUSÕES: A ELT e os sintomas psiquiátricos coexistem numa frequência muito maior do que o acaso poderia sugerir. Alterações e desregulação de redes anatômicas essenciais, além de mudanças plásticas aberrantes ou deficientes, podem predispor o cérebro de pacientes com ELT a transtornos de humor. Estudos experimentais e clínicos sobre o efeito das crises no comportamento e nos padrões eletrofisiológicos podem oferecer um modelo de como as crises límbicas aumentam a vulnerabilidade a sintomas psiquiátricos em pacientes com ELT.
- Subjects :
- Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System
Psychiatric Comorbidities
Neuropatologia
Pituitary-Adrenal System
Comorbidity
Plasticidade sináptica
Neuropathology
behavioral disciplines and activities
Temporal lobe
Epilepsy
Limbic system
Neurochemical
Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
Epilepsia do lobo temporal
Major Depression
mental disorders
medicine
Animals
Humans
Disforia interictal
Depressive Disorder, Major
Neurotransmitter Agents
Neuronal Plasticity
Mood Disorders
Animal Models
medicine.disease
Pathophysiology
Suicide
Psychiatry and Mental health
medicine.anatomical_structure
Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe
nervous system
Mood disorders
MODELOS ANIMAIS
Models, Animal
Depressão maior
Psychology
Neuroscience
Comorbidades psiquiátricas
psychological phenomena and processes
Interictal Dysphoria
Synaptic Plasticity
Modelos animais
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15164446
- Volume :
- 34
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....e8369501fc9ac5387af425e657fe71d6
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rbp.2012.08.003