Akathisia
Автор:
Jesse Russell,Ronald Cohn, 100 стр., издатель:
"Книга по Требованию", ISBN:
978-5-5144-3906-5
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Akathisia, or acathisia, is a syndrome characterized by unpleasant sensations of inner restlessness that manifests itself with an inability to sit still or remain motionless (hence the word's origin in Ancient Greek: from ???????? - kathizein - "to sit" with a privative a as prefix expressing negation or absence; literally meaning inability to sit). It can be a side effect of medications, or it can, to a lesser extent, be caused by Parkinson's disease and related syndromes, and likely other neurological diseases. However, this may be due more to the drugs used in treatment such as sinemet (l-dopa) and less with the Parkinson's disease itself. Another major cause is withdrawal from almost any physical addiction, for example, in benzodiazepine withdrawal syndrome. It was discovered that akathisia involves increased levels of the neurotransmitter norepinephrine, which is associated with mechanisms that regulate aggression, alertness, and...