The bereitschaftspotential or motor readiness potential is a slow negative electroencephalographic wave occurring 150-1500 ms prior to the onset of a voluntary movement. It was measured in 33 subjects: 11 normal controls, 11 medicated schizophrenics with no tardive dyskinesia or evidence of drug-ind
Tardive dyskinesias in the elderly
โ Scribed by G. Fabbrini; P. Barbanti; C. Aurilia
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 58 KB
- Volume
- 16
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0885-6230
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Sixteen patients with tardive dyskinesia were treated with vitamin E in an open trial of onยฑoยฑon design. Abnormal involuntary movement scale (AIMS) ratings were performed in every phase of the study. The patients exhibited a signiยฎcant reduction in their mean AIMS score during vitamin E treatment. T
## Abstract Ninetyโseven inpatients with tardive dyskinesia (average AIMS score = 13), the majority of whom were schizophrenic, were studied. Forty patients were Caucasian, and 57 were AfricanโAmerican. The APOE genotypes of these patients were compared to previously published genotypes of controls