Different Types Of Illnesses Research Articles

The methacholine test in depressive states.

Funkenstein, Greenblatt, and Solomon 1 claimed that any significant alteration in a patient's mental state is invariably accompanied by a change in his physiological response to their test. Feinberg, 2 reviewing the current status of the Funkenstein test, concluded that the value of the test as an objective index of clinical change could not be assessed, as this aspect of it had not been systematically studied. It is the aim of this paper to describe an investigation in which the hypothesis that clinical improvement in hospitalized patients with depressive illnesses is associated with a change in their blood pressure response to methacholine was tested. Material and Methods Many of the investigations into the value of the Funkenstein test deal with tests done by different observers on patients with different types of illnesses. Often, too, the selection of patients is not clearly defined. In the present investigation, 25 consecutive admissions to one

Surface and depth electrography of the frontal lobes in conscious patients

In a group of 5 psychotic and 4 non-psychotic patients the electrical activity of the depth of the frontal lobes was recorded for 1 to 4 days, using multilead needle electrodes. Electrical activity of the motor and premotor areas was also recorded in 4 of these patients by plate electrodes. Results were as follows: 1. 1. Typical patterns of electrical activity repeatedly observed included: ( a) low voltage; ( b) alpha-like; ( c) high voltage fast; ( d) high voltage slow irregular; ( e) paroxysmal rhythmic slow; ( f) spikes and sharp waves; ( g) other types. Some rhythms seemed to be located in determined regions of the frontal lobes. 2. 2. Very similar spatial distribution of rhythms within the frontal lobes was found in patients with different types of illness. 3. 3. In general the electrical activity was symmetrical in both sides of the frontal lobes. In one patient the activity was asymmetrical. 4. 4. No correlation could be established between electrical activity of the depth of the frontal lobes, and motor movements, sensory stimulations, or changes in the mood of the patient. 5. 5. Voluntary motor movements inhibited the electrical activity of specific cortical motor areas. Sound stimulation of the patient with music or noises increased the electrical activity of motor and premotor areas.