Abulia
Evidence-based neurology checklist on abulia: Pathology This is a hypofunction syndrome It consists of lack of initiative and drive It is caused by disruption of frontal-subcortical circuitry It is caused by lesions in the frontal lobes, caudate nuclei, midbrain, and thalamus Clinical features…
Pathology
- This is a hypofunction syndrome
- It consists of lack of initiative and drive
- It is caused by disruption of frontal-subcortical circuitry
- It is caused by lesions in the frontal lobes, caudate nuclei, midbrain, and thalamus
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References
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- Hastak SM, Gorawara PS, Mishra NK. Abulia: no will, no way. J Assoc Physicians India 2005; 53:814-818.
- Milano NJ, Heilman KM. Primary progressive speech abulia. J Alzheimers Dis 2015; 46:737-745.
- Naik VD. Abulia following an episode of cardiac arrest. BMJ Case Rep 2015; 2015:bcr2015209357.
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