• DOI:10.1007/s00702-002-0762-z
Corpus ID: 12971112

Catatonia and neuroleptic malignant syndrome: psychopathology and pathophysiology

@article{Northoff2002CatatoniaAN,
  title={Catatonia and neuroleptic malignant syndrome: psychopathology and pathophysiology},
  author={G. Northoff},
  journal={Journal of Neural Transmission},
  year={2002},
  volume={109},
  pages={1453-1467}
}

• G. Northoff
• Published 2002
• Medicine
• Journal of Neural Transmission

Summary.Catatonia was originally described as a psychomotor syndrome in the 19th century by Kahlbaum including motor, affective and behavioral symptoms. Later, at the beginning of the 20th century, catatonia was rather considered as the motoric manifestation of schizophrenia. Accordingly, neuropathological research focused predominantly on those neuroanatomical substrates, i.e. the basal ganglia being primarily involved in the generation of movements. Even though some authors observed minor… Expand

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